When they started putting electric light bulbs in sanctuary lamps, the Catholic church started to falter.
Friday, November 10, 2023
Monday, September 11, 2023
Remembering the Day ~
Nine Eleven
On September eleven
when it happened
while we watched
we could not help thinking about
our own thin brick walls
left standing around us
here, in the heartland.
Walled in between
panic and gratitude
we sat gaping,
not noticing
how our helpless tears
would not stop falling.
Monday, August 21, 2023
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
A Nation of Maimed Men ~
For all our ingenuity, where is the inventor of a device to let landmines explode before courageous Ukrainians pass over.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
A Weighty Choice~
It is much easier to live with an illusion than with reality, . . . with a belief than with a fact.
Saturday, July 01, 2023
Wisdom ~
Only the man who is able to stand alone can see reality as it is, free from the opinion of others.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Friday, June 16, 2023
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Monday, April 24, 2023
Saturday, March 25, 2023
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Learning to Cope ~
The most important dialog is the one between me and myself.
Saturday, March 04, 2023
Protesting in Russia ~ 2023
The father of a 12-year-old girl who drew this antiwar picture in her elementary school art class in Russia is facing criminal charges and a potential three-year prison sentence, and his daughter has been placed temporarily in an orphanage. The Washington Post
BBC
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Opposing Adolf Hitler ~ February 22, 1943
Monday, February 06, 2023
Last Night's Dream ~
He was just a young kid who had come back from Vietnam and he was telling me how deathly afraid he was when out on patrol at night opposing the Viet Cong . . .