The clouds roll on and the winds cause sway. There’s that moment of certainty in every day. But we aren’t really at the place we thought we’d be. We aren’t really sky-high in billowing calligraphy. Engines rattle and shake us like leaves on an ill-born gust, and shadows creep incessantly along the periphery. The gauntness [...]
Browsing Posts published in May, 2012
Last night, I dreamt: I was riding my bike down this long and winding dirt trail. I was looking for the Highway M-22. The trail opened onto a large farm with split rail fences all along its length. I paused for a moment, and then saw a few kids coming up to me. They were [...]
Socrates was found “Not Guilty” at his retrial! https://rt.com/news/socrates-mock-trial-greece-295/ A re-trial of Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates in Athens, the very city that sentenced him to death in 399 BC, ended with his acquittal. A panel of ten judges from Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Switzerland and the United States was hearing the case at the event [...]
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of checking out The Moxie Strings. They were releasing a new CD, so they wanted to play through their entire CD at least once as a set. They had recently changed their name from String Cheese and a little less recently, they added a percussionist named Fritz. He [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwRfm6XaBcQ I’ll pull away my full embrace. I’ve got a picture of your face in the car on the back of the seat. Come up and see me for a while! We will talk and I will smile. It will be the best part of my day. I don’t wanna steer the conversation to what [...]
From American primitive music, with especial attention to the songs of the Objibways, by Frederick Russell Burton: Kay-goomo-we-kayn a-bi-no-gees wasbshkee muk-wah kee-ga-bi-dah-quo-mig kah kah-be-shees kos kos-kay-be-quay-ne-gen. Translation: Hush, little baby, go to sleep; do not cry, or the naked bear will eat you.
Once, in the windy misty north, there appeared a child. He might have dropped out of the sky, or maybe he always was there. Who knows? He knew neither his name nor a human language. He had no idea how he had came to be, nor had he any memory but white and snow. Harold, [...]
I’ve posted before about the power of music, and I love to see examples like this in everyday life. Jacob seems to really be feeling it, and that is pretty cool to see! Our eight-year-old blind-autistic son Jacob enjoying some fine acoustic guitar by a musician in downtown Lawrence, Kansas on May 13, 2012. Tyler [...]
Somebody took a bunch of timelapse photography all over Ireland, and the results are very cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCT3lQ_Hck0
