Need We Read Or Watch The Odyssey Today?…
Sure, fill your boots, as the saying goes. “Are you not entertained?!!” Challenged Maximus to the bloodthirsty Roman …
Category Archives: Literature
How Can Smart People Be So Dumb?…
Walt Disney built a multi-million then multi-billion dollar empire crafting clever cartoons of fairy tales. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, …
Where Is The Shaman-Type To Turn?…
Yesterday I was sharing my concern for the difficult and indeed perilous path Shaman-Types must navigate today in our …
Moving Day (Still?!) ….
Symphony in the parc… So furniture is still making its way between old and new apartments and the tight …
Moving Day (Or Week) II ….
What a mess! So the detritus of four decades of reading lie in a motley pile against a wall …
Moving Day …..
Any semi-serious reader who has moved knows it is a weighty matter. Books are heavy. When you’re …
Myths Are (Mostly) For Men!….
“A fathomless secret of the cosmic flowings that we call Life is their separation into two sexes.”—Oswald Spengler, Decline …
Simplicity II….
“Feeling summertime sadness? Seasonal affective disorder is not just a winter thing.” “Are you polychronic or monochronic? Struggling …
Simplicity….
We construct our own complexity cages and then obediently step inside and close the door on ourselves. Once inside …
Solitude….
“—But I have need of solitude, that is to say recovery, return to myself, the breath of a free …
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