“Shed a Little Light” by James Taylor. It’s a joyful tribute.
Archive for August, 2010
Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, community, issues, nonviolence on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oh I’m like the old lady in the comic strip!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Decided I wouldn’t read much news today, so I spent my first cup of coffee reading the Sunday comics. Every single one. Got to “Pickles”, the one about the older couple, retired, spending too much time together. But in this one the woman was out having lunch with a friend. She says, “I always carry [...]
is your library your memory theater?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, My Life, reading on August 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Oh, the joy of discovery just when you’re turning circles on the straight road of reason. I’ve been pondering In Defense of the Memory Theater, by Nathan Schneider. His essay explores what we lose as our physical book collections, gathered by mind, heart and soul, are replaced with millions of restless individual books digitized mainly [...]
getting robbed of stuff and stories
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged My Life, writing on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I admire people who can write about tragedy in their lives, especially when it’s fresh. Famous people like Joan Didion writing about her husband’s death, even while losing her daughter. Christopher Hitchens while most likely dying of cancer. Regular people who manage to privately journal through their grief and anger. I’ve never been able to. [...]
