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In a recent exchange of comments about another blog Beth wondered if perhaps I might compose something on the work of Douglas Adams, author of “The Complete Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” an English radio program that became a series of books, unless it was the other way around. “The Guide” is more than a [...]
There’s probably no more pressing issue at the heart of our country’s crisis than that of health care. Past Governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber, has founded the Archimedes Movement (think ‘huge lever’) to make a monumental effort to reform the giant, broken system. The Archimedes Movement, founded in 2006, created a new forum for civic [...]
Lessons and Successes for a New Year Hello readers! A semester has gone by in about 5 days, I think, which means I’m following up quite promptly to my last blog post. When I last wrote, I was overjoyed to be exploring Madison and anticipating the beginning of a wonderful new life as a medical [...]
The prompt for this week from One Single Impression is: ‘if only I had time’ Visit for a plethora of poetry about each week’s prompt. Ancient juniper adjacent to the Badlands, Central Oregon Taken on an amazing winter walk-about January 11, 2009 The first sign of breath in the universe was an audible exhale, as [...]
This is the 30th Poetry Party on Abbey of the Arts. The prompt for this Party is ‘wings’. Please feel free to write a poem or reflection and post to Christine’s beautiful site. We’d love for you to share her site and the Party with others– the more the merrier, you know. The randomly chosen [...]
The title of this post is reconstituted words from Floreta’s poem described below. A couple weeks back One Single Impression, a poetry site that solicits poetry on a given prompt each week, threw out the prompt skin to our muses. There were many excellent posts on the topic. One in particular grabbed my attention and [...]
“UBUNTU is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human…you share what you have. It is to say, ‘My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours’. We belong in a bundle of life. We say, ‘A person is a person through other persons’. [...]
This week’s submission to One Single Impression prompt: fading memories ‘You’re not dead until you’re forgotten.’ –Jewish proverb Chalk outlines old lovers discarded friends misunderstood enemies splayed and distorted on the dusty, musty floor of truth. Not quite dead. Thank you to Geraldine of My Poetic Path for this this week’s prompt of fading memories. [...]
This is a submission to a synchroblog (synchronized blogging) on faith and ethnicity. Here are the excellent entries so far: Susan Barnes on Just a God of the West K.W. Leslie on Why I went to an all-white church Adam Gonnerman on Multicultural experience (and inexperience) Matt Stone on Is the church ready for a [...]
This is my late, hard-to-get-born, submission for this week’s One Single Impression prompt: a summer’s day Pardon this less-than-cheerful offering…Check out this link for other more artful and heart-warming offerings! a picture from space is worth a million words an endless summer’s day is upon us and not in a good way unless you are [...]
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