(Don’t) Hold That Thought!
But then, it’s precisely that which differentiates us from every other life form on planet Earth. And pretty much only …
Author Archives: Jeff
Crazy (Crazy?) Jottings…
So I’m back from the auto shop where our vehicle was in on a recall. Quick and painless, these recalls …
James Joyce’s Ulysses: 3 Glaring Misconceptions
“How can you own water really? It’s always flowing in a stream, never the same, which in the stream of …
Something Happened… The Flesh Became Word!
Something happened. If I had to guess I’d say it started somewhere between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. For …
Corroborative Quotes….And the Updated Four Noble Truths
Let the quotes speak for themselves. Last post I had the temerity to offer an updated for the modern era …
The Omphalos Cafe’s Four Noble Truths…
Go big or go home, as the saying goes. And what these days is so big in the spiritual domain …
Shhhh! … Listen!
Shhhh! Listen. Who are you, who am I? We grow confused, or are born that way. Not precisely, but for …
Joyce, ‘Bloomsday,’ and Turnips…
It’s been awhile, again. A pause for the cause you might say. I’ve been poring back over Joyce’s Dubliners and …
So It Goes….
“There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in …
Recipients, Containers, and Preservers of the Flow
“Here, strangely clear yet enigmatic still, we have a duel significance of all living happenings—on the one hand we sense …
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