Books Are Great… But Wisdom Is Right Here, Right Now
No flowery tongued quotes today. Been falling back on ’em too much lately. The problem with quoting is it tends …
Category Archives: The Hero
A Wordless Odyssey…(Almost)
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A Good Place
I’m thinking of Xenon, how I’ve rarely seen him outside the hushed precinct of the Omphalos Cafe, and how there …
Hardwired For Heroes
Do you here that? bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk! It’s the sound of the hero’s fall in James Joyce’s hallucinatory behemoth Finnegans Wake. And …
A Knight’s Tale… Finis
After dinner yesterday I slipped quietly out the back door and rather than stop by the local pub for an …
Definitely My Last Black Elk Post…for a while anyway
I snapped the above photo at the central library, knowing there was a post somewhere in it yearning for the …
GRACEHOPERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
Alternate title: The Ant And The GraceHoper Wannabee The busy weekend is over and presently I am driving the backroads …
Inner and Outer Landscapes
My neighbor Rick was born and raised on a farm. He lived and worked the land into his forties, when …
Xenon’s Way
Allow me to stitch together a few of Xenon’s words. Some I jotted down on the fly and on the …
Art And The Male Energy
‘Huh? Oh.’ ‘What?’ I asked. My wife doesn’t read too many posts, so this modest little reaction warranted further inquiry. …
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