Category: identity

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Oct 5

  I’m enjoying my trek through Daniel Weissbort’s From Russian with Love, a book about his friendship(s) and (professional) relationship(s) with Joseph Brodsky, translation theory, Russian, literature, and death. It is… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Sep 28

  Conversation over breakfast of Swiss oatmeal this morning included Alan Watts’ lecture over the coincidence of opposites, Huston Smith’s Zen training, and the metaphysics of becoming (as opposed to the… more ›

• Scivias

  Sep 26

  I remainTogether:t(w)o-gatheredA union w/o unityIdentity w/ differenceSingable yet always (yet) unsung remainderTwinned coils twining throughHere & (t)here & no(w)here:now/hereWo ist der Mensch?W(h)er(e) ist der Mensch?Here- her- he- achAnd a thou-Sand… more ›

• Sweet Substitute for Joy!

  Sep 13

  My neurologist prescribed a new drug for me yesterday to take in addition to Rozerem, and last night was my first ride on the Amitriptyline pony. It’s classified as an… more ›

• Sweet Substitute for Joy!

  Sep 13

  My neurologist prescribed a new drug for me yesterday to take in addition to Rozerem, and last night was my first ride on the Amitriptyline pony. It’s classified as an… more ›

• Poet/Novelist/Writer/Blogger/Scholar

  Sep 5

  toothpastefordinner.com Guilty. I wrote bad poetry until my poetry was published by a publisher of bad poetry. Then I was too humiliated that my heart-wrenching poems were enclosed in the… more ›

• Poet/Novelist/Writer/Blogger/Scholar

  Sep 5

  toothpastefordinner.com Guilty. I wrote bad poetry until my poetry was published by a publisher of bad poetry. Then I was too humiliated that my heart-wrenching poems were enclosed in the… more ›

• Voices

  Sep 4

  Nothing abides. Nothing remains. Today I found out that Ray Williams died. (We raise our voices.) He was the chair of the fine arts division at the community college I… more ›

• Voices

  Sep 4

  Nothing abides. Nothing remains. Today I found out that Ray Williams died. (We raise our voices.) He was the chair of the fine arts division at the community college I… more ›

• Euro-Franz Say Auf Wiedersehen

  Aug 23

  Euro-Franz isn’t one to cherish or even approve of long goodbyes. Perhaps he’s said goodbye too many times. When he lived in Japan all those years ago, he was even… more ›