Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Family, Memorial, Observations, Philosophy on Aug 11th, 2009
Several weeks have last since my last post. My silence has its source in the reticence one inevitably experiences when a loved one dies, in my case, it was my mother; however, her passing was absent the pain and anguish I have heard recounted that others have suffered. Whereas I have had an intellectual and [...]
Posted in Memorial on Jul 20th, 2009
As a freshman in college, I was required to write an analysis of Henry Reed’s poem, Naming of Parts. Throughout different periods in my life I have been reminded of that poem. Certainly, the tumultuous years of the 1960’s and early 1970’s were periods when the distinct anti-war sentiment of this World War [...]
Posted in Memorial, Observations on Mar 9th, 2009
Nearly two years have elapsed since the death of my friend Jim McLarty. Time, an indefatigable physician, has assuaged the pain of his untimely passing but it has not filled the emotional lacunae which the caretakers of memories often revisit. Tears evaporate in the desiccating demands of living: some recollections are better forgotten and others [...]
Posted in Memorial, Observations on Aug 13th, 2008
In April of 2007 I wrote about the tragic loss of longtime friend Jim McLarty; it hardly seems possible that it has been more than a year since I paid tribute to my friend. All of those who knew the None will never forget him. Those who were unfortunate enough not to cross paths with [...]
Posted in Family, Food, Fun, Memorial, Odds & Ends on Jun 5th, 2008
No, this isn’t a morality piece. While I prize my own ego, I am also cognizant of its divers of idiosyncrasies and peccadilloes, its riotous diversions and subversions, and, therefore, echo T S Eliot’s famous query in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, so how shall I presume?
This morning my garden awaits [...]
Scribbling
Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
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