“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 Wolfie began to eat my copy of War and Peace very early on my birthday morning. I was upstairs shaving. Spread out on the couch in the living room, his head rested on its arm, his usual pose. I had set Tolstoy on the edge of the cushion, about 8 inches from his mouth. What me worry? I am fortunate that Wolfie did not move on and eat words or paragraphs. I love this […]
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For audio version click here At the word UP Wolfie now jumps on top of rocks, benches, picnic tables and chairs. At some point, I want to train him to jump into my arms… while I’m running…with someone on my shoulders…downhill…while wearing little sirens. Sometimes he makes me into a ten year old. Every day we walk miles. This morning in the fog it was so still that the park flag hung limp; even the silence […]
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For audio version click here When Mark Selinger took this photo, Cunningham was 90 years old and confined to a wheelchair; a great dancer and choreographer, his body was done, and instead his hands took on the work of his useless frame and brought his spirit to light. Even in the stasis of a photo they carry the promise of grace. Cunningham understood the power of hands. We raise a hand in agreement, and both […]
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For audio version click here Not quite half way through War and Peace, Count Pierre Bezukhov, the soul of the novel, describes an understanding that rocks his sense of his purpose in life: “And to Pierre, all people seemed to be such soldiers, saving themselves from life; some with ambition, some with cards, … some with women, some with playthings, some with horses, some with wine…. ‘Nothing is either trivial or important, it’s all the […]
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