The Future is Open

I’ve been away from all of this writing for a couple of weeks or at least it seems that way. I’ve been in another dark night it would seem. My life is full of darkness. Maybe that is the way it supposed to be. I’m less sure of where I’m going than I was two … Read more

This lovely poem comes from this month’s Peace and Justice Newsletter of the Secular Franciscan Order. Prayer for Peace (2003) O one God of all peoples and nations, You created the earth and the cosmos, in their beauty and also in their frailty. All cultures and religions are on their way toyou, the origin of … Read more

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned before that I am a pilot and here is one of my favorite poems about flying. It was written by an American, John Gillespie Magee, who fought in died in the famous Battle of Britain during World War II. Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earthAnd danced … Read more

John Bunyan once said, “it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” So in the past couple of weeks I have been without words and feeling a bit exasperated about all that I have been witnessing on the world stage. Yesterday’s reading from Jeremiah 7:1-11 has awakened the Holy … Read more

It was really great to reunite with the members of my high school class last night. Now that we are all 50+ we have mellowed a bit and it was an enjoyable evening. There were about 35 couples and some singles there last night. In the last 35 years we’ve lost ten of our classmates … Read more

I was a bit hasty in my praise of Fedora Core 5. After downloading the updates which included a new kernel version, my Intel 2200 no longer functioned and after a number of starts and stops I’ve reverted to Centos 4.3. There is a lot to be said for stability. Centos is enterprise Linux and … Read more

Curiousity killed the cat and satisfaction brought him back. I’m a curious cat and last night I decided to rebuild my laptop with Fedora Core 5. I downloaded the ISO with Azureus from Bittorrent. This morning and afternoon I’ve been rebuilding the computer. I’ve used many version of Linux and written about some of them … Read more

Tonight I’ll be reunited with many of my high school classmates. It’s our 35th class reunion. I’m looking forward to it. We graduated from high school in war time. Vietnam was grinding up human lives and nearly all of my classmates went to college. Many went to avoid the draft. Some volunteered for military service. … Read more

Think differently. Dare to make a difference in the society around you. There are three kinds of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. Live boldy and make a difference.

Yesterday was the 33rd anniversary of my father’s death. There were lots of memories and lots of things I wish that I’d have said to my Dad had I known the future. He was only 46 when he died. That seemed old to me then and young to me now. On my way to the … Read more