Year: 2003
Aortal: Under the Fire Star
Posted on July 8, 2003 in Aortal
She posts in pictures and in words, both of which strike the mind and make you think about your assumptions about what needs to be in the place where you live.
Another Rogue Thought
Posted on July 8, 2003 in Myths & Mysticism
Should there be no afterlife, the believer in God will be in for much less of a shock than the atheist who finds himself facing Judgement if there is one.
Strive to be a good person and I don’t think you will have anything to fear from either possibility.
The Fish and The Crab
Posted on July 8, 2003 in Myths & Mysticism
I came across the fable — loosely tied to the larger tradition of the tales told by Scheherezade to the angry Sultan Shanidar — of the Fish and the Crab.
Thought
Posted on July 8, 2003 in Myths & Mysticism
God may not exist, but emotions are a real territory.
On Wearing the Crown of Arrogance
Posted on July 8, 2003 in Myths & Mysticism Thinking Writing
Life’s a guessing game. “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Was that Joan Didion or Anais Nin?
Not Tonight, Dear
Posted on July 7, 2003 in Book of Days
I’m not in the mood for bashing former girlfriends. I’ve been pushing the pen and the keys on other subjects anyways.
The Method
Posted on July 7, 2003 in Blogging Courage & Activism Crosstalk Liberty
They might call this plan “evil”: tell them to tell that to Christ, the Buddha, and the rest of the great men and women of spirit.
Ridgeline
Posted on July 7, 2003 in Biomes Neighborhood
In the evenings, rabbits — Western cottontails — come out of the coyote brush and dine on the lawn.
Killing Off Our Symbols
Posted on July 6, 2003 in Book of Days Citizenship Thinking
The country is in ruins and as some of us strive to reconstruct the beauty and the good of what was, others pull down bricks from the walls of civil gold and smash at our heads.
Cut from My Notebooks
Posted on July 6, 2003 in Poems Writing Exercises
I laid out a cross deliberately.
With what fierce thirst for penance I have tried to mortify in myself the throbbing of the flesh, and make myself wholly transparent to the love of Jesus crucified.
Life’s greatest danger lies in the fact that men’s food consists entirely of souls.
Gratitude and Questions
Posted on July 6, 2003 in Gratitude
I’ve seen myself “linked” on some pages under the category “Pages that have referred to this page within the last twenty four hours”. I’ve been debating whether or not such people deserve a mention when I do these gratitude posts.
