I am in here.
‘Tis the night before I turn 50. I contemplate. So of course, my brain turns to mush. Much of the serious contemplation turns to the last post, which is a poem by e e cummings, recited at the opening of a conference I was just at by Brother David Steindl-Rast. He and I have become … Continue reading the last of 49, and the very last of 40
As I write, it’s the bottom of the fourth quarter, with Denver’s quarterback having allowed 4 turnovers, and Pittsburgh having a happy, soon to be victorious, romp. Peter thinks this is a significant event. Buck and I don’t understand that, but we accept it, as any parent must. Here in Boulder, the bars which do … Continue reading football
One thing I love about Israel is the sheer amount of history you can run into in the course of a day, assuming you bother to talk to anyone. I have lots of friends here, so I talk to way more people than I usually do when travelling. I’m on the phone with my friend … Continue reading Israeli history
If there were more boys than girls being born, would anyone care to take note? Would it, more to the point, be regarded as an item to worry and theorize about? No, the news item, being from a politically correct organization, technically stays neutral on that notion. But the fact that they report it at … Continue reading Why is this news?
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