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I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. II I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds. III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. IV A man and a woman Are one. A … Continue reading Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
The Israeli Ambassador’s response to the UN’s resolution on the fence, from Aish.com. Mr. President, For years, if not decades, this Assembly has entertained the Palestinian representative’s attempts to manufacture a virtual reality. An alternate world in which there is but one victim and one villain, in which there are Palestinian rights but no Palestinian … Continue reading The Israeli Ambassador's response, in full
If you’re going to drown in a river, make sure you know its name. Make sure you know its length its depth its rocks and soils and oxbows and eddies. Make sure you know the towns built up on either shore. Know their names, their languages, their countries. Know the fish and plants (red poppies … Continue reading on the banks of eth Garona, Val d'Aran
The howl of the cicadas is everywhere. The few close up sound rather like katydids, but overall, the only significant sound outside is like the sound effects for a UFO in a tacky 1950’s science fiction movie. No little green men, just brown and orange bugs. Okay, insects. Six legs is insects. An indolent day … Continue reading Cicadas. Joseph Campbell. etc.
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