“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
A Mixed List Of Interests, Obsessions and Pursuits Organized Generally But Not Purely By History, Nature, Poetry, Biography, Greece, Women, The Brits And The Sea, Fiction And Drama: This being a selection of the books I have read these past two years that may merit your attention; the titles have been culled from a much longer list. Among other things, I’ve spent the last 2 years trying to figure out […]
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We escaped the terrible cold of Texas and the mid-west this time. It almost reached 50 yesterday, the brief sun come from exile to make the upturned face warm. Another storm is coming Thursday, but the slant of light has become obvious, a Spring slant, a rising of its arc and corresponding shift in its quality, a softening. Cardinals and song sparrows have begun to sing some mornings. It is […]
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Running late, I listened to the Oath in the car while pulled over on a country road. I pulled over because I could not drive and listen. I had to stop and give all of myself to it, to just smiling. I wanted to pound a friend on the back and hoot. What joy! As soon as I got home, I watched all of it. I had tears in my […]
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Officer Michael Fanone was not assigned to the Capitol for January 6. He rushed to the riot to give help where he could. He was dragged down the Capitol steps, beaten with an American flag, heard someone in the mob shout, “Kill him with his own gun.” Officer Eugene Goodman, alone and isolated, faced a part of the mob on the steps that led to the Senate floor. He used […]
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