In the thrall of language and story, the fog of truth and lies, it helps to break the spell. To blink and snap the fingers and take a step back, looking at these squiggles on a screen, this apish primate gazing fixedly. It’s part of The Problem, you may rightly…
Category: Nature
Walking From Here
‘Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present.... Unless our philosophy hears the cock crow in every barn-yard within our horizon, it is belated. That sound commonly reminds us that we are growing rusty and antique in our employments and habits of thought. His philosophy comes down…
What’s New?
What’s New? What is new todayis just old news tomorrow.What would happen if we skipped a day? What?You can fill in your own blanksif you dare. What’s new? 1. Stuck in the Roots Reflecting on a recent drumming performance I was part of, I realized that I’d missed an opportunity.…
Field of Dreams, part 2
“Field of Dreams” is an apt container, not only for the sport of baseball, but what it represents, in our daily waking life. The old way… walking along a summer country road, gnats in the air, tawny grasses buzzing. A time of youth and innocence, renewed yearly to feed our…