“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the side of the executioners.”- Camus
For audio version click here : No matter what we do, we lose — loved ones, possessions, function, life. At some point a fundamental question arises — how can we live a reasonably happy life while carrying an awareness of inescapable loss? Maybe one answer is not to confront the question. We might acknowledge its power, but seek to evade its hold. We might choose instead to fill the spaces made newly empty by loss with other […]
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For audio version click here : Dressed in the skin of some “rough beast”, every day heartbreaking news comes slouching out of State College*. As must be the case with millions, I listened to Bob Costa’s interview with Sandusky, read the grand jury report in its entirety and followed the day by day unfolding of more and more information about who may have known what and when, of whispers of suspicion among coaches at other […]
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For audio version click here Two stories to begin: Years ago, in the banquet room of a restaurant, about 30 of us watched as two relatives were feted for their wedding anniversary. Off and on, the man seated across from me studied me. He was the minister of a small church. His hair had turned early to all white and his eyes under that white hair were direct in their gaze. For about 10 minutes […]
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For audio version click here The day before our October snow storm, at the Cape May Bird Count in north Avalon, scoters and cormorants and gannets were migrating off shore in huge numbers. They flew almost even with the horizon line in elongating, shifting wedges, looking like black, metal filings blown about by the wind. Nine thousand came through in one hour, 72,000 for the day. The day of the storm I walked the dogs […]
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