Saturday! Here I am at my desk with conflicting emotions of gratitude (I made it to the weekend) and trepidation. Challenges remain ahead. I am sad, feel empathy for those in northern California who are in the vise of climate warming. They watch as the land around them is scorched by wildfires. How awful…
Yesterday, we watched as an old willow tree was removed from the back of our property. The tree was just over our property line, and belonged to the Park District. A neighbor said she remembered when the tree was planted. The top of the giant willow was broken by a wind storm. A crane…
48The old God, all ‘spirit’,…all perfection,promenades in his garden:but he is bored.Against boredom the gods themselvesfight in vain.What is he to do?He invents man – man is entertaining…..But behold, man too is bored.God’s sympathy with the only kind of distressfound in paradise knows no bounds:He forthwith creates other animals.God’s first blunder:man did not find…
39 The word ‘Christianity’ is already a misunderstanding – In reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on a Cross. The ‘Evangel’ died on the Cross. What was called ‘Evangel’ from this moment onwards was already the opposite of what he had lived: the ‘bad tidings’ a dysangel. It is false…
What are you reading? If you are looking at this blog, I am certain that you are a person who reads often, varied materials from a number of sources. –*– I subscribe to the New York Times Sunday edition. There is enough interesting, well written, relevant material to keep me dipping into the sections…
I thought about it off and on. Part of my life recedes in the rear view mirror: running. In my early years, those when I was a kid at play, or in the school yard, I loved to run. Running was fun. I always chose to run instead of walk no matter the occasional…
Several posts ago I invited comment from readers who viewed the Netflix film, The 13th. The film title is a reference to the 13th amendment to the constitution that freed the slaves during the Civil War. The point of the film is the loophole, an exception to universal freedom which we hear indefatigably advertised…
Many things on my mind this morning. We viewed the film Harriet last night. It is the story of Harriet Tubman, escaped slave from a Maryland slaveholder, becoming a female “Moses” returning to the area of her former captivity to lead family members and others to freedom. As a former Southerner I was rocked…
Sometimes you know what is going to happen, — and yet seeing for one’s self is a shocking revelation. This video shot in Harrison, Ark. by Rob Bliss was mentioned in the NYT Thursday edition of The Morning update. I am not a consumer of Youtube videos as a general rule. Viewing takes time…
I finished reading America, by Jean Baudrillard published in 1986. It is Baudrillard’s reflection upon his stay in this country, a rough parallel to the commentary by Alexis de Tocqueville in 1835. A recurring theme for Baudrillard is a comparison between the desert and the cities, especially Los Angeles. The concluding chapter is entitled…
