Dawkins and the Wonder of It All
It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it no one thinks to …
Category Archives: Nature
Happiness Like Holiness
I’ve been ill–nothing serious–but lying in bed day after day, even surrounded by good books, tends toward melancholy. Reading Mary …
Growing Up in a Haunted House
Last October I posted a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I experienced growing up, …
Downward into Darkness on Extended Wings
Wallace Stevens’ poem “Sunday Morning” ends with these lines: We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old …
Making Music Wherever We Go – The Rhymes and Rhythms that Move Us
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a fine horse. Rings on her fingers …
The Slant of Afternoon, Playing with Light
A notebook full of poetry I had worked on for years has disappeared. Vanished. Many of the poems I never …
On Herds, Husbands & Riffing on Writing
Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …
Dreaming of Death—Oops, Bears
I’m going to die. Soon. That’s what I thought, waking one morning, remembering three distinct dreams, each in which I …
Easter and Earth Day – “O Sweet Irrational Worship”
A timely blending to celebrate Easter and Earth Day by poet, monk, and mystic, Thomas Merton. O Sweet Irrational Worship …
My Roman Oaks
Recently we had visitors who had just returned from Italy. We talked of how easily you can stumble upon ancient …
