Monthly Archives: February 2017

In total, I’ve created three blogs (I think), one of which cannot be located. The second, you’re reading. The third I started during some down time on this blog. I am (and was) a big Talking Heads fan, and I … Continue reading →

Tooling along I-85 north this morning, I came along this patriotic rider, American flag flapping behind his remarkable Harley.

Isn’t that a great title? I enjoyed Colum McCann’s novel very much — Let the Great World Spin — and recommend it. I happened to see it while looking for something else: my copy of Steven Mitchell’s translation of the Tao … Continue reading →

I’m always encouraging my students to slow down and take some pictures — they don’t have to be brilliant, they just have to capture something they notice between classes or during their day. (Note to students: It’s okay to use … Continue reading →

I’m rolling out more blog posts in the past week than in the past months. Whycome? A few possible reasons: The tug of the need to express myself and be understood. The beauty of brevity: sometimes, not much need be said. The … Continue reading →

Good things happen sometimes when I write by hand, late afternoon.

Richard Rohr, a Franciscan Friar and sage, closed this week’s daily meditations with this contemplation: I interpret this as “return to the source.” The source is ecumenical, open and affirming. It is brilliant light, as the visual cliche goes, and … Continue reading →