Music and Cats

Late yesterday afternoon, my car’s odometer rolled over to 100,000 miles. (As I was looking for a parking space at the time, I was able to capture the event at very slow speed.) My little Geo Prizm has served me well for 14 years, but I don’t think I’ll see it reach 101,000 miles.
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Shortly after noon today, Paul and I pulled on our coats and went out for a short walk. Although it wasn’t a particularly pretty day, several people were out on our street. As we turned a corner, I saw ahead of us more people — a couple holding hands, a woman walking with a child, […]

In 2006, I made two short lists on the first day of the year. Some might have called them resolutions, intentions, aspirations or longings; I called them hopes. Two years later, I still have many of the same hopes, and have a couple to add to each list. I have high hopes for 2008.
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I have long been drawn to spirals. The scroll of a violin. The swirling clouds in a hurricane. The volute on an Ionic column. The curl of a new fern frond. The trance-inducing dances of Brittany. The whorls of a sunflower’s seeds. A complex mathematical construction. An ancient symbol of consciousness, birth and rebirth. Magic […]

What We Need Is Here
Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here. And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here.
–Wendell Berry