Today is the first day of the major network TV season, marked last night by the (sycophantic) Emmys. While I admire the accomplishments of people who are funny, awesome and talented, and have watched TV regularly since I was about five, I am dumping my cable box today. Blasphemy! Anathema! It’s the FIRST day of [...]
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People often talk about the leap of faith, and act like it is a deliberate act. What I am finding is that one realizes that one has leapt after the fact, in mid-leap when you discover there is air between you and solid ground. Sometimes it’s an airy floaty feeling. Sometimes it’s a sinking “oh [...]
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Idle hands are the Devil’s playthings. The Waldorf/Steiner philosophy holds handwork in high regard for the development of the mind through motor control (ha ha, I almost wrote ‘development of the motor through mind control’ — Waldorf joke!). The theory is that handwork can guide the developing young mind as well as express some inner [...]
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(27 of 50) (not to be confused with Greta Thragnusdottir’s magnum opus – a much later but fragmented text which is considered to be the first Icelandic historical romance) I suppose it is time to begin the story about how I discovered these Icelandic texts. I had always meant to reveal them in appropriate academic [...]
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(8 of 50) I have been ill most of the day in that fuzzy-brained sinus-involved way. My mantra could be DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. So here’s a little potpourri. (My intention is to follow up “Happy Place” and discuss creativity and some things I’m doing and reading, but I’m in my DUHHHHH place at present.) Totally enjoying Season [...]
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This time of year, I savor all the books that trot themselves out into the displays, advertising, front list and “must-read” conversation of people I know. I may not ever get to read all the books I want to read, but that would be a dark day, if it ever came. There are so many [...]
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