I imagine some folks were born with a perfectly tuned engine. And they perform the regular “service work” to make sure it stays that way. I suppose that “service work” would be regular termite inspection, annual medical check-ups, 3,000 mile oil changes, and the perfect dietary blend of greens and yellows. ( In lieu of [...]
In 1911, an emaciated, quivering native American man, wandered into the town of Oroville California. He knew no English. And Native Americans, as a practice, did not speak their own name aloud. So he was given the name, Ishi, which means “the man.” It is thought his Yahi tribe numbered between 400 and 1,000 at [...]
always seem to arrive awkwardly. And this one was no different. I picked up 13-year-old Natalie from school on Friday afternoon: The end of a week that saw catastrophic events in Haiti… and which opened up a 3 day weekend in which many local families head to nearby slopes.
Aware of this juxtaposition, Nat and I [...]
And so Pat Robertson decrees Haiti is a victim of its 200-year-old pact with the devil…
The people of Haiiti made no such pact. Pat must have been thinking of the people of Omelas.
My friend, Rose, turned me on to a short story by Ursula Le Guin (titled same as this blog entry). The tale tells [...]
Seven-year-old Jonathan was shopping with his mother in Chicago over the holidays when he saw a homeless woman holding a sign asking for help. Such an occurrence is hardly rare these days. What happened next was. After Jonathan remained upset, his mother didn’t treat him like he had seen an R-rated movie. She was grateful [...]
It took me years to truly recognize them… these mindflicks. For several years now, upon first waking, I have been going through the twisting, somersaulting process of a springboard dive. It’s always in slow motion. And it’s always a dive that – in real life – would be quite difficult… 1 ½ somersaults with multiple [...]
