Monthly Archives: April 2017

(One of the things I’m proudest of in the first several months of this blog was the focus on core themes and patterns in any person’s life. The following first-ever entry kicked things off with a typical big view of … Continue reading →

(the rare VHS version of the Alan Paton South African classic) Thank goodness for the Turner Movie Channel specializing in movies from The Golden Age and ranging from the 1920s to 1980s. Likewise, those brave, uncopyright-concerned souls who have made … Continue reading →

is believing that other people will be here forever whenever we want to see or talk with them at our convenience.

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 →

is not the limits and limitations that others impose on us, but those we freely choose ourselves, limiting the innumerable possibilities, limiting ourselves and our potential, limiting the experience and joy of true freedom. The best there is and can … Continue reading →

(from 1994’s The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age–the most prophetic, significant book on the decline of reading and ‘old school’ literacy in our times: what got displaced, what has been lost  and replaced in a … Continue reading →

(The ending of Timebends, Arthur Miller’s autobiography. He concludes with an image of wolves on his Connecticut rural property.) “In the darkness out there they see my light and pause, muzzles lifted, wondering who I am and what I am … Continue reading →

I never used to keep notes on my days through university, but when I became a teacher in 1972, I began to organize my days more, knowing that I, like so many adults, had lousy memories. I began to write … Continue reading →

I rejoice in my fortunate portions, appreciating a multitude of dumb luck thusfar.

is that they will let you down 9 times out of 10 when you want to get something done, when you need help, when you’re trying to give them some business, when you have an agreement with them, when they’re … Continue reading →