Monthly Archives: February 2016

-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 →

(A bona-fide classic; MGM DVD) A simple decision for me, really, having stopped going to theatre movies of late. The line-ups, packed houses, rude behavior, noisy popcorn-chomping or chatter of nearby patrons that I don’t frankly miss. There are far better … Continue reading →

(tablecloth, main coffee bar in Radium, B.C.) “Language is our common denominator.” –William Hazlitt, Political Essays, 1819 “Language as an instrument both to shape and understand reality.” –Alberto Manguel, The City of Words “I have to protect myself from the … Continue reading →

After an interesting lunch at Asian Village, sat out back on the patio, enjoying the unbreezish springish warmth, watching a new squirrel, listening to the different bird sounds against the quietude, sipping tea from the Empress in Victoria. Worked well. … Continue reading →

than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering you’re on the wrong wall.”–Joseph Campbell (Also when you’re not getting back anything resembling the great amount you’re giving, sharing, and putting out for others.) (previously posted on November 18, 2012)

1. What is my bliss? What do I like? What am I into? What am I passionate about? What can I lose myself in/distract myself with? What is positively engaging, immersive, and distracting in my life? 2. What am I … Continue reading →

it is an honest wind that blows the grass across these tombs the sun at noon knows not leaf nor lie geese above V their way across a sky and tell of time for stars and time for hope there … Continue reading →

“Infinite possibility is good, not bad.”–James Gleick, The Information What do you know? What do you want to know or need to know in a given moment or situation? ‘The Information’. You could be an executor dealing with a parent’s … Continue reading →

(re. choosing one’s surrounding symbolic imagery–old Dylan Thomas LP cover now in wall frame in my bedroom) I wake up where I want to be–in a room with plants and a bookcase of great English literature with a large bust … Continue reading →

The latter two concepts which are learned very early. Pattern–I can recall my oneish-year-old grandson playing in the living room near the window with a view to the opposite side of the back window. In both, he saw trees moving … Continue reading →