Second place, is it really all that bad? We make it so somehow in our language and culture, well second place, not first; playing second fiddle, not so great apparently; sometimes, maybe most of the time, we should be pretty stoked about second; it means we were still at a very high level, we were …
My Guy Levi
This day, thirteen years ago. This guy was born, changed my life. Our son. My guy Levi. About now he’d say, “Don’t say that, Dad…” But he’s my guy, gotta say. Sister on either side, twenty months older, fifteen months younger, both super special too, And still, Levi is my guy, through every tribulation in …
Free To Be You And Me
Such a simple thing, you be you, I’ll be me, freedom to do so, faithfully, Faithfully so I say because it might just come down to faith for me, Faith to trust the sure sense of now, what’s needed, what’s the right path and how, How to get there, find the way, free to find …
No Place For Violence
There’s no place for violence. Full stop. Wait. Maybe one. If someone is trying to hurt you or kill you, then a violent response to protect yourself as appropriate. Beyond that? NO. No opinion or purpose otherwise justifies violence. NONE. Full stop. NO VIOLENCE.
A Curious Place
It’s a curious place I find to be, to be somewhere in between, between vibrant and otherwise, a kick-ass doer or pondering thinker, Think a place to be I must embrace, must embrace this place not chase, chase away the urge to be a pre-planned, expected maitre’d , rather adaptable to the moment and the …
Laszlo
Such a creative as this man, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Nobel Laureate 2025 for Literature, such a gift to humanity, such people as these, expressive, exploratory, exacting, This Laszlo cheered on for walls of words, few periods, yet in the thick, thinks through so many things, I long to be something like that, nay, Strive to be …
All Souls’ Day
This day we remember maybe a little more especially, maybe like a birthday invitation to pause and recall and celebrate our dead, Our people from our lives who are now gone, passed on, these souls who we might recall with gathering love, laughter, longing, recall those precious days we wish we could have again, All …
All Saints’ Day
And thus we remember, history and believers alike, those early, persecuted, to present, Present day, in our lifetime even, those who persevere through trial and tribulations, All those not especially blessed, but certainly special, a particular inspiration, vision, fortitude, From the original Christian saints I learned of, up through today, and also I include the …
Chasing Saints
All Hallow’s Eve, Who are these saints? What did they do? And just what is a saint? The Catholic Church can tell you all about the process, how one “becomes” a saint, the criteria, the boxes that need to be checked. For me it comes down to this, A follower of Jesus, a follower of …
Out of Eden
What historical event fascinates you the most? Human history started out of Eden. Ethiopia, actually. Some three hundred thousand years ago. As AI summarizes, “ Human history is often divided into two periods: prehistory, which begins with the emergence of the first Homo sapiensaround 300,000 years ago, and recorded history, which starts with the invention of writing around …
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