Monthly Archives: November 2012

-Life is not perfect. People are not perfect. There are many dualities (e.g. appearance and reality, good and evil, individual and society) built into life, individuals, and relationships. For this reason, there will be mixed feelings and conflicts in many … Continue reading →

What Frankl wrote of–which interesting possibility will I bring into being today? Paraphrasing a doctor talking to an overly anxious patient:                                                We’re all going to die. Some today, some tomorrow, some later, all eventually. ………………………………………………………. Two points which set basic context always … Continue reading →

All it takes are two spinners to collect the unsuspecting flotsam of long summer nights. Apart in the same yard we cast our respective filaments– some to control, some to set free, some in love, some from death itself. Silver … Continue reading →

(based on Monet’s “Terrace at Sainte-Adresse”) I am just such a man who sits alone on latticed chairs of afternoon terraces considering the bay. I don’t much mind being the only tourist here who truly notes the bobbing white boats … Continue reading →

No unicorns to follow No princess left to save The king looks o’er his wasted lands With one foot in the grave True magic is impossible When Merlin just does tricks To entertain his captor’s whims And a curse he … Continue reading →

(a 1st draft) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy [and Jill a dull girl].–from Mother Goose Many animals play: dogs, cats, horses, otters, monkeys, dolphins. People, too, play beginning in their first year of life, once … Continue reading →

 (for Remembrance Day, 2012) My parents would never have reconciled, enjoyed a happy retirement, and died on the same date, one hour apart, nine years to the day. I would never have finished grade 8, moved from the chikdhood home, … Continue reading →

Consciousness of meaning, purpose, identity, and significant connection emerges from the information learned and expressed (or shared) via process, context, experience, words (or language), thoughts (or ideas), and choices. …………………………………………………………………………. ‘Tis the individual who is aware of and decides on … Continue reading →