36. Son, Son, Son

Son, son, son, I’ve seen your life from beginning, when you blinked to life when that bundle of cells took charge and blinked. Oh, son, son, son, I’ve seen your life in sound like a person… 36. Son, Son, Son

We have been conditioned to be suspicious of the amazing. An unnamed National League executive about David Ortiz’s mid-season turn from slump to slugger (as quoted by the New Yorker). But this is all of our attitudes about everything, not just post-steroidal baseball.

The desire to be extraordinary is commonplace.   Oliver Wendell Holmes

Psalm 37:25-26

I have been young, and now am old,yet I have not seen the righteous forsakenor his children begging for bread. He is ever lending generously,and his children become a blessing.  I usually read this as an encouragement to pursue righteousness because then I won’t be forsaken or have to beg for bread.  I don’t want […]

The New Fugitives – Ryan Culwell

I sometimes wonder if anybody else in the world has friends like I do.   The New Fugitives – Ryan Culwell

A Poem from Thomas Moor

A poem entitled “Three Things Too Wonderful for Me” A Poem from Thomas Moor

Un Bellini

– excerpted from the short story “Coffee and Milk” by Seth Wieck. On his way back to St. Mark’s he saw the hanging sign for Harry’s Bar, and he needed to sit down.  He pushed through the door and there was the bar on the left with a procession of men in white coats and bowties gathering […]

Personality & the Writer

An article by Tom Jenks linking personality types to writers.  Interesting if you’re interested in that type of thing. Personality & the Writer

I’m listening to Billy Joe Shaver and reading James Joyce. Bob Dylan. “I Feel a Change Comin’ On.”  Together Through Life.