Monthly Archives: October 2017

(The eyes of Dr. Eckleburg looking piteously at the wasteland that is the Downtown District?) Why not just proclaim the city speed to be 30 km everywhere and bring traffic to a crawl and gridlock? Yesterday, I watched in horror as 30 … Continue reading →

The word comes from the Latin “caput” (a word thousands of years old) meaning head or leader which is why it has been traditionally used in titles for eons.  “Chief” is not an exclusive cultural reference to native peoples. This is … Continue reading →

Harvey Weinstein covered ad nauseam and no mention of possible WWIII or the asteroid tomorrow. We do it to ourselves again as usual.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove; O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and … Continue reading →

Environment: I grew up mostly in a WWI house (shown fixed up here many years later–there had been no garage, paved sidewalk or driveway) amidst post-WWII poverty that influenced my elementary and junior high years (and that of my neighborhood)–my 1st … Continue reading →

(Ibsen often wrote of caged characters, especially women, as in A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler) The yellow bird flitting from one perch to another in its cage, looking out on the enclosed street with its trees, gardens, and a … Continue reading →

Many people view freedom as being external-based or external-caused. “If I go on a cruise, I will be free.” “If I had some extra money, I could buy a house.” On the surface, it may look to many as if … Continue reading →

“I am large….I contain multitudes.”–“Song of Myself”, Leaves of Grass

“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”

Quotes from Walden, “Walking”, and Reflections at Walden -I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and … Continue reading →