IN SUMMER
Oh, summer has clothed the earth In a cloak from the loom of the sun! And a mantle, too, of the skies’ soft blue, And a belt where the rivers run.
And now for the kiss of the wind, And the touch of the air’s soft hands, With the rest from strife [...]
JUST
after the downpour, in the early evening, late sunlight glinting off the raindrops sliding down the broad backs of the redbud leaves beside the porch, beyond the railing, each leaf bending and springing back and bending again beneath the dripping, between existences, ecstatic, the souls grow mischievous, they break ranks, swerve [...]
WHAT WE ARE NOT
The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are, who we are, why we are, then we begin to realize what we are not, who we are not, why we are not. We begin [...]
There are very few people that I really consider to be musical heroes … or at least, who are heroes to me.
The few that I do consider to be heroes were not necessarily life-altering for me, but definitely opened my eyes to different ideas.
Of course, one of my biggest musical heroes is [...]
Canadian Rider Makes an Unorthodox Climb Toward Cycling’s Pinnacle – NYTimes.com
Those who have heard the tale of Svein Tuft have wondered, could it possibly be true?
How he dropped out of school in the 10th grade, lured by the freedom of the outdoors. How he evolved into a barrel-chested woodsman with Paul Bunyan [...]
My father and I disagree on a lot of things, especially politically … but recently, I’ve come to discover that we agree on a few things as well.
When people ask me what my political beliefs are, I generally say that I’m on the far left of the FM dial … KZSC 88.1 FM, [...]
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America’s birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The [...]
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
Don’t vote … unless you care about your future, your children’s future, your grandchildren’s future, the economy, civil rights, human rights, women’s rights or gay rights, the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to worship (or not to worship) how you choose, education, [...]
The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. would be a proud man today … for his dream is almost reality.
“I have a dream” – August 28, 1963
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our [...]