There are many versions of hell. I awakened this morning from a dream/nightmare. Waking was a release from the images rising up from my subconscious. I dreamed of reestablishing my company. I was accompanied by two old friends. My associates knew the business, were trusted, competent. The direction of the dreamed images abruptly changed…
Advertising is one of the cultural mediums that has the most sanctioned lying. Keeping people in a constant state of lack, in perpetual desire, strengthens the marketplace economy. Lovelessness is a boon to consumerism. And lies strengthen the world of predatory advertising. — Excerpt, All about Love, New Visions by bell hooks p. 47…
Our epoch does not love itself. And a world that does not love itself is a world that does not believe in the world: we can believe only in what we love. That is what makes the atmosphere of this world So heavy, stifling, and anguished. The world of the hyper-market, which is the…
Another Mother’s Day recedes in the rear view mirror. I appreciate this day of remembrance more with each year that passes. It is almost 11PM. Before turning in for the evening I felt the need to state that my life is enriched each time that I have opportunity to honor the females in my…
It is raining outside. Rain is a long awaited gift. My mother would have rejoiced at a gentle rain falling to a dry ground. Springtime is a rainy season in normal times. These are not normal times. Global warming is another way of saying that weather patterns are disrupted, intensified, too much rain, wind,…
I have signed up for a seminar course on May 22nd, so I am pressing forward to finish a book that will be central to the topic of discussion. Eric Fromm was referred to in the chapter entitled, Love as Praxis: Critical Theory and Pscyhoanalysis, which I am reading. I have not read Eric…
May 1st yesterday was the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Our daughter and her partner lived in Louisville for many years. The celebration of Derby week is part of their heritage as former residents of Louisville. Therefore our household gathered in the living room to enjoy the…
Jesus is not coming back! Is that statement ironic, troubling, laugh-out-loud funny, or simply nonsensical? It depends entirely upon the reader. What do you bring to those words arranged in syntax? What mental image forms, involuntarily? Do you experience a strong emotional response: relief, dread… The meaning is involuntary after all, the effect of…
My day began at 6AM. These are community yard sale days here in Batavia. I did what I could to assist with staging items in our driveway, preparing for the early-comers. The early birds are intent upon surveying as many places possible, looking for the odd item to be treasured, or something they need. …
Timing is everything, according to the saying. Timing, the right time, a propitious time, the “alignment of stars and planets,” is a key aspect of life. Perhaps it is everything. I cannot say. In the off chance there is a god, and he/she could see with exquisite clarity past, present, and future, — and…
