Waiting for Godot
This morning’s headlines in the NY Times were concerning. “Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics.”…
Category: Driving under the influence of Dunkin’ Donuts
Now, Sarah describes the problem with too much virtue
Yesterday evening I finally finished Amor Towles’ The Lincoln Highway. (Thank you, Bibi.) Previously, I blogged about Sally Ransom’s speech…
Martha speaks up for unnecessary kindness
My daughter Justine “Bibi” sent me a t-shirt and a mask with the names of characters from the Netflix series…
Still scribbling.
May 2022 be a year of lovingkindness. May you be happy and safe. May all beings be happy. These words…
December 2021. Still reading and scribbling.
Not all my recent reading has been as dire as the books I mentioned in yesterday’s post. Over and since…
Vita mutatur non tollitur
Solstice reflections. When I saw the Latin phrase Vita mutatur non tollitur on the headstone on my grandfather’s grave, I…
Con dinero y sin dinero
With money and without money. The first time I heard this song, it was being performed by a minor drug boss…
A real bodhisattva of compassion
Gale and I went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art this afternoon. We were able to see the exhibit The…
No-self care.
My last post failed to deliver the punchline. I didn’t connect my closing thoughts about patience, forbearance, and forgiveness with…
Physician, heal thyself.
This afternoon I saw yellow sparks at the end of some forsythia branches at the Rodin Museum. I also saw…