Handsome Lake
I’m attracted to mystics no matter what their tradition. Handsome Lake was an Iroquois prophet who lived in late 18th and early 19th century. In 1799, Handsome Lake had the first in a series of visions while lying in his…
Been away
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…
Prayer for Peace
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…
High Flight
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…
A heart without words
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…
Class of 1971
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…
Premature praise
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…
Fedora Core
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…
Reunion
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…
Live boldly
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…