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fidgety pigeon

one time i was working on a saturday. my office was way down south on southwest parkway. I took a break for lunch, and went out to a wendy’s down the road.I took my burger and sat at a bar… Continue Reading →

why do we hate modern classical music?

I pondered something like this this and googling “why does modern classical music suck so bad?” took me to this five year old question posted on reddit about this twelve year old article on the guardian to which there were… Continue Reading →

Words for Mom

What brings us here? We all loved the same beautiful person, and we want to show that to her, and to one another. We’re going to have to be apart for a while, she’s gone to her rest, gone to… Continue Reading →

my old man

On the occasion of what would have been his 101st birthday, I took it into my mind to record a few thoughts about the old man. Well, my first memories of the old man are kind of inchoate. Kind of… Continue Reading →

it’s all in the past

sometimes, someone will say something like “it’s all in the past” what is the past, exactly? where is it? is it out there in some other dimension? is everything that ever happened or ever will happen out there somewhere? what… Continue Reading →

"my beautiful princess"

Yesterday, it was a beautiful sunny day, dry, cool early September morning here in Virginia, and I took myself for a walk. I was in the midst of pondering a big question, and as I often do, I prayed, meditating… Continue Reading →

surveying the dark and empty city

lots to write about today, but I have to record this dream. It’s another old one. I don’t know how many times over how many years I’ve dreamt this dream. maybe a dozen, maybe a hundred. I think I might… Continue Reading →

rilke, poetry, and me

In his “letters to a young poet,” rainer maria rilke wrote something like: “do not ask me, or anyone else whether your poetry is good or not. ask yourself this: if you were imprisoned, and could not write, could not… Continue Reading →

What kind of a people do they think we are?

December 7, the 70th anniversary of that cruel and barbaric attack. Winston Churchill’s speech to the US Congress on December 26, 1941, is as inspiring today as it was then. He was a true visionary, and a master orator. That… Continue Reading →

Is Saul Among the Prophets?

Is Saul among the prophets?” This is a supposed adage or snippet of a popular verse that occurs twice in 1 Samuel. First when Saul is anointed king, “God gave him another heart.” And among other things, he fell to… Continue Reading →

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