Monthly Archives: February 2016

Standing up over and over for one hymn after another. The wonderful love, another prayer. Scripture and affirmation, blessing, sermon, offertory. Something for believers. The Pouring of the Water. Coffee, cake, and mingling downstairs, fellowship. Pretty much foreign and alien … Continue reading →

I attend the greatest of all churches. I put a capital N on Nature and call it my church. I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. Nature is my manifestation of God. Nature is all the body of … Continue reading →

He was more like a mood or a force of nature, who grew up wild, free, and somewhat amoral or ‘bad’ behind his likeable appearance. A curious sort, he always sought out pleasure, play, and fun. He was, above all … Continue reading →

Atlas holding up world with constellations (Bombay figurine I bought myself for symbolic reasons)

Red crossbills (male–red; female–yellowish-green)

(written on way to dentist, rush-hour) The car music was Mozart under a soft blue fall morning sky. Few commuters noted the black smoke escaping a roadside mortuary beside the sign that promised “Dignity”. Whatever had been tangible, loved or … Continue reading →

Waking up late in the morning to find that the day has already begun for many out there. That and the realization that the world always goes on without us whether we are sleeping in or dead. It comes to … Continue reading →

An unusual individual, he had a vitality about him, often expressing powerful emotions, feeling that anything was possible, that most of the limits which people experienced were their own self-imposed manacles. He was a free man of ideas and ideals … Continue reading →

Sensibility is a key construct which people once were more interested in cultivating and developing. As Sven Birkerts describes it, it is, on one level, a range of fine feelings and ability to make distinctions (whether moral or aesthetic, etc.). … Continue reading →

(another highly recommended 1976 Harris live performance (on Kino DVD) 2001 Blackstone Audio featuring the late great Julie Harris doing all the voices. A marvellous tour de force. Harris is particularly effective in communicating the inner conflicts of the monster … Continue reading →