This. Excerpt from NYT Opinion Piece. Written by Jonathan Biss, a concert pianist about the Classical composer, Franz Schubert. Published in the New York Times 12/28/2024, Gives voice to the lonely soul, the whole piece, this last bit, a fine summary, “Loneliness is universal; paradoxically it is a shared part of the human experience. Schubert …
Month: December 2024
Road Lessons
Sometimes the holidays are about road trips. This Thanksgiving was one of those for my family. This year we headed out to see family in the California Central Valley. Lucia’s tales from antics with her friends and dance exercises in the backseat. Ana capturing bits of inspiration by scribbling down notes and snapping photos. Levi …
Democracy & The World
As this year draws to close, I need put on my Political Science Hat and reflect on the long view. In so many countries the electorate has spoken for change in recent years, have chosen to change things up with the ballot box; or with rifles. Ukraine, Syria, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, United States, Afghanistan, …
A Bit On Christianity
I was raised in the tradition, Have experienced intense times of faith in my life, and also more fleeting, subtle periods, A few points from an op piece caught my eye, spoke to me, In Christianity,, “believing all that stuff” is not the point. The Christian message, as I experience it, was, IS transformational. It …
Midnight Math Problems
You might think the son of a math teacher…math?! Snap, skulduggery! Ahem, you’d think he would be ok with math problems spilling into my head in the small hours… If so, you’d be wrong. Hours, counts, bills, amounts, Behind behind, simple matter, catch up catch up, one by one…get it done, Done dealing with Midnight …
Bandwidth
Interesting and insightful way to think about time, at least for me. Recent critique has me wondering, reviewing, how do I do? These fourteen years now a parent, These nine years now add on my parents, These four years now single, co-parenting, And now my auntie as well, How’s my bandwidth? Measured in anxiety, Open …
The Miracle of The Manger
Revisiting an age-old story, the miracle in the manger, ‘tis the season, Traveling parents, no rooms available, traveling through the way town, offered shelter with the animals, Meager cover outside, merely a leaky roof maybe, little boy born, God become man, who knew? Who knows? The idea of it all, Divinity reaching out, teaches us …
The Nature of Prayer
Seems to me a personal thing, prayer, Something I’ve practiced on and off nearly the whole of my life, prayer, Seen me through the darkest times, prayer, Time for mind and heart, emotions to align, intentional, prayer, Time with the Universe, Higher Power, God, all through prayer, So many ways, mantras, traditions, prayer, Drawn to …
Early to Bed
Before 800pm, Sunday, 752p, to be exact, Horizontal and happy and ready for a reset, recharge, Ready to drift off into nothing for several many hours, resting, Need it, Time for myself, SoulTime, self-care, Bliss, bliss, bliss ~
Wandering Day
Funny today, a wandering day, this and that and this again, Not sure how it would land, bits done here and there, progress and success giving any easy day to all, ALL my light, my reason, this and every season, not just solstice, simple justice, just us hanging out, finding out way today, through a …
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