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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Sunday, October 31, 2021

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. 

Sunday, September 19, 2021

Saturday, September 18, 2021

The Stolen Election ~

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


Thursday, September 16, 2021

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. 


Thursday, September 09, 2021

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. 


Friday, August 06, 2021

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.


Monday, July 26, 2021

Looking Back ~

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


Saturday, July 17, 2021

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.

 

Monday, June 07, 2021

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.

Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Getting Free ~

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


Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Sunday, March 14, 2021

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