There is something that happens between every generation when the younger one begins to supplant the older one. And it’s not always pretty. Especially for the older one. The older generation for me, when mine was the younger one, lived through The Great Depression and World War II, witnessing horrors I couldn’t understand. Horrors thatContinue reading “OK, Boomer”
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The Roaring Twenties
The first couple of decades of a new century are like a hangover: the opposite of a fresh start. All the mistakes of the recent past are still festering in the blood, making us sick and stupid, and bringing out the worst in us. The third decade brings with it the roar of the newContinue reading “The Roaring Twenties”
2020 Vision
“and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:32 The stories we tell ourselves determine who we become so we have to be careful not to tell ourselves lies. In the stories we have been telling ourselves lately, values like generosity and humility are sacrificed on the alter of theContinue reading “2020 Vision”
Oh, Christmas Tree
We come into your home, the forest, carrying saws and axes, with no thought of your well being. We disturb your peace. We cut you off from your roots. We let gravity do the hard work of pulling you down to our level where we tie you up, top to bottom, with such rough utilityContinue reading “Oh, Christmas Tree”
Bedraggled Ostrich
Something special happened to painting in Italy in the 15th Century and to music in America and England in the middle of the last century. Something also must have happened to poetry in Japan around the turn of the 20th Century because I have been intermittently reading the Penguin Book of Japanese Verse with subtle pleasureContinue reading “Bedraggled Ostrich”
