Stephen Dunn, poet
This morning’s New York Times includes the obituary for the poet Stephen Dunn. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/books/stephen-dunn-poet-dead.html Even though I’m not reading much…
Tag: #imagining
How fast does time fly?
As one year winds down and another approaches, we typically start to think about how quickly time flies by. Tempus fugit….
Dr. Checklist admits that “No one really ever has control.”
Atul Gawande’s latest book Being Mortal concludes, in the words of one reviewer, that “sometimes the only sure way to gain control…
The Emperor of Ice Cream
Where does joy begin? Is it possible to move through and beyond pain into joy? Florence, a reader, posed questions…
Oops!
It is said that when you only have a hammer, the world becomes a nail. Since my post on Sophie’s…
Sophie’s Fallacy
The term “Sophie’s Choice” has become part of the language. Sometimes it’s misapplied to difficult decisions. Sometimes to morally complex…
Chance and sufferance
July 25, 2014. In addition to all our travels these past few weeks, it has been difficult to return to…
To emerge, to order
July 18, 2014. Until Anne Mei and I started driving around this summer to visit colleges, I had been blogging on the…
Not really a digression, after all
Previously I noted that Tosca’s aria Vissi d’arte is widely viewed as a hymn to the life of the artist. Yet,…
Tosca’s sister: art for life
Tosca has sister. Her name is Esther. Esther Loewy Bejarano. Esther doesn’t sing vissi d’arte, I lived for art. She…