Saudade
Sitting at Café Spinoza Writing you a postcard (from The Art of Japan) Wishing I could invade Your Brooklyn life For ten straight hours
Month: November 2016
Over
Dear Bella US troops left South Vietnam in 1973 The war ended in 1975 The war was over But this is what I’ve learned from students The stories they’ve told me After class usually In…
Thought of the Day
It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality. –Arnold Bennett
On the Way to Work
Driving west on Highway 40 Heading to the university Birkenstocked right foot on accelerator Looking at the left side-view mirror Rising 7 a.m. sun Reminding me I’m a denizen of the cosmos
Share the Wealth with Jessie Sarber: Tired & Inspired
I’m in my late twenties, and I’m deep in the Struggle. A lot of people my age are in it too (though it’s definitely not unique to us): wanting to do something fulfilling with your…
The Way It Looked in 1970 (Pessimism of the Intelligence, Optimism of the Will)
What can we do to affect the events that are to come? First, we must not make the mistake of placing trust in the government. The large upsurge of antiwar sentiment can be an effective…
Sempre la Curiosità
When you honor the ordinary by your photographs When you circulate your current motifs When you take a prophetic stand Sic crescit gloria mundi –from the novel-in-process, Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris
The Holy Texture of Life (Hold It All)
By chance yesterday I came across the following reflection by Emily Warming from 2007, when she was in a Justice and Peace Senior Seminar with Roger Bergman at Creighton University. I have been blessed and…
Agenda, Second Saturday Sangha 12 November 2016
Opening/The Heart Sutra The Bodhisattva Avalokita, while moving in the deep course of Perfect Understanding, shed light on the five skandhas and found them equally empty. After this penetration, he overcome all pain. “Listen, Shariputra,…
Saturday 12 November
Simone Dearest Such a disorienting week! Not at all what you expected! But did you really take refuge in Ms. Clinton? And in the DNC? And in the platform of the Democratic Party? And in…