Language ~

The really meaningful things in life are said softly. 

A Young Seminarian ~

Poems about these boys.

The Ultimate Luxury ~

 The morning paper delivered right into my mailbox.

They Told Us ~

 Don't get vaccinated. Ever.

We set the clocks back ~

We set the clocks back an hour last night and enjoyed the extra sleep, but the neighborhood dogs were up at their regular hour and were whining and barking for relief. 

They Told Us ~

 Beware of Moslems. 

From Green to Red ~

Overnight the bush has inflamed. 

 

The Stolen Election ~

Trump taught us how to create reality just by saying, over and over again, that a thing exists.

Cutivated Discord ~

They say that the Reds and the Blues are moving to areas in the USA where they can live separated from one another. 

Hunger for Mobility ~

Last Sunday, three lanes on the German Autobahn with back-to-back traffic for 100 miles, moving at 40 m.p.h.. No trucks allowed. 

They Told Us ~

Gerrymandering is good. 

They Told Us ~

White Supremacy matters. 

Learn to pronounce

Walk Along the Field ~

Today I saw a white and bluish field of daisies and cornflowers with a red poppy here and there, swaying in the breeze.

Looking Back ~

How obvious are the deficits of our enlightened, high-priced American education. Educated cavemen of conspiracies we are. 

Morning Prayer ~

[My students liked this prayer before class:] 

Father, we thank Thee for the night,
And for the blessed morning light.
For rest and food, and loving care,
And all that makes the world so fair.
Help us to do the things we should,
To be to others, kind and good.
In all we do, in all we say,
To grow more loving every day.

 

The Catholic Church ~

Cardinal Reinhard Marx

Amid all the upheaval in the Catholic Church 

the most important German bishop offers his resignation to the Pope.

Getting Free ~

Learn to follow no one other than your own heart and your own reasoning. 

Truth ~

 Truth has become a radio or a TV station. 

Resilience ~

The little airplanes of the heart
with their brave little propellers
What can they do 

against the winds of darkness,
Even as butterflies are beaten back 

by hurricanes
yet do not die

They lie in wait wherever

they can hide and hang

their fine wings folded

and when the killer-wind dies

they flutter forth again

into the new-blown light

live as leaves

~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Auschwitz ~

Spring came.

The ice melted,

Flowers refused to show,

The birds skirted round.

from: The Auschwitz Poetry

The Right to Vote ~

The told us . .  that they were devising laws to deprive certain American citizens of their right to vote. 

When Thinking about God ~

 Our conception of God is most likely connected with architecture, 

that constructs the illusion...

Gethsemani, Kentucky 

1940

Impeachment 2 ~

 Hitler survived impeachment, then committed suicide. 

His Second Impeachment Trial ~

They told us, cowards that they were, that Trump had not incited the Insurrection on Jan. 6.

Aftermath ~

The Ex-President has left too many wounded or dead lying on his battlefield. 

Inauguration ~

He is gone now . . . The nation can return to civility. . . once all the lies and hatred and discord evaporate.