Monthly Archives: December 2018

(with apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley) I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, … Continue reading →

Things no longer guaranteed in the external, melting-down, deconstructed, widely corrupt, destructive, greedy, largely unchecked political, economic, and social worlds. Where will you find the four values mentioned in the title? Certainly not in Edmonton, Canada, or the States. Instead, … Continue reading →

Dogs. Bush was a big dog lover. He was a Real Person unlike subhuman Trump.

shows a guy parking his convertible on a downtown street. As he parks, he notices pigeons and their droppings everywhere on the street around his car so he decides to move ahead into a construction zone. After he’s left his car, a … Continue reading →

Currently listening to a special CD edition of actor Michael York sensitively reading aloud the entire text of Alan Lightman’s brilliant novella Einstein’s Dreams. Here is the way Part 1 ends: “The tragedy of this world is that no one … Continue reading →

again this morning as an asteroid whizzes past Earth about 11:20 am (our time) between us and the Moon. How could anyone conclude otherwise? The Earth has long been a tentative exercise at best and has been lucky thusfar on … Continue reading →