Libraries
A big library really has the gift of tongues and vast potencies of telepathic communication. Northrop Frye
Sempre Avanti
Sempre avanti, Italian. “Always keep moving forward.” I first learned this expression from Helena, a friend who typically signed off her letters with this expression, or else with Coraggio. A historian and a convert to…
Share the Wealth with Thuy Khuu on Wednesday 28 December 2016
Have you noticed that toilet paper only comes in circular rolls? Has it occurred to you that it can be in other shapes, square for instance? What would happen then? Every day, we interact with…
Share the Wealth with Thuy Khuu on Wednesday 28 December 2016
Have you noticed that toilet paper only comes in circular rolls? Has it occurred to you that it can be in other shapes, square for instance? What would happen then? Every day, we interact with…
Long Live Gandhiji
Dear Carla, Tanya and I are working our way through Gandhi’s Essential Writings (in the Oxford World’s Classics). We read ten sections a week (there are 237 sections in the book). Here are the passages…
War Isn’t Over
Dear Laura Last night I was reading Frances Fitzgerald’s Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam This afternoon I listened to a playlist I made Of songs from the Vietnam War…
Harvey Silverman’s on Edge
Perry I figured you’d understand the following— You know, I’m very sad That Dylan accepted that medal from Obama (I’ve been in a trance alternating Listening to “Masters of War” And then rereading Robert Fisk’s…
Scribbled in a Cherry Red Moleskine
28 March 2013; 8:14 p.m. I want to sit on the front porch with Srimatiji Tell her that wherever she goes in life Our connection will deepen in time Because namaste is forever
`Īsā (The Muslim Jesus)
1. A man came to Jesus and said, “Teacher of goodness, teach me something that you know and I do not, that benefits me and does you no harm.” Jesus asked, “What would that be?”…
Same, Same But Different
Same, same but different Cami tells me this is a Laotian saying* Same, same but different Since Trump was elected Same, same but different The fragile tenderness of my heart Same, same but different Another…