Jean Abbott* is like Kwan Yin, a bodhisattva who hears the cries of the world and through such listening knows what to do, or knows sometimes that there’s nothing to do except the being present…
The Good News is…Andrew Wimmer just invested in a Fuji camera, and this means he will he honing his eye-craft, which I am sure will bring joy, insight, and provocation to others. One day may…
Dear Friends, John Gabriel wrote last week that he plans to meet with the archbishop to gain clarity. As I pointed out in my email to faculty on January 11, there is nothing ambiguous about the…
July 2005 It was one month ago that I began to read Whitman in earnest, and, while I still have far to go in prose and poetry, an impression has been made, a fire has…
photo by Andrew Wimmer, Sunday 8 April 2012
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you. -Zora Neale Hurston Last July at Fatimas’s, Chris Wallach did a Share the Wealth on her father’s experiences in World War II. She read…
“You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can’t lead to a good conclusion.” –Julian Assange,…
For Dianne Lee and Lynette D’Amico When I first read Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Americus,I just before The Book of Mev was published, I was energized by discovering how much it is a mish mash, full of…
Dear Friends, Please join us for a presentation by Andrew Wimmer on the political and cultural forces at work in the on-going U.S. fixation on Iran. We meet on Sunday 23 September from 6:00 to…
Sunday morning 8 April 2012 Chouteau Avenue photo by Andrew Wimmer