This morning, just after I woke up and just before I admitted that fact to the world, I daydream fantasized a poem. I was in an old house, but it was light and airy. Big wooden windows opened by breaking a paint seal. Dust motes swimming, diving and rising as the calico’s tail creates a [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Feigning Sleep
Posted in Observational Prose, Poetry, tagged Poetry, simplicity on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The United States of the World
Posted in Observational Prose, tagged government, national pride, Olympics, sport on August 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I watched the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics last night. I could write for an entire day about the artistry, precision, and beauty of the spectacle and still not even come within spitting distance of describing it. How can you not love China? Tea, calligraphy, tai chi. Okay, so there’s smog, human rights [...]
Confessions of a Recovering Fundamentalist
Posted in Observational Prose, tagged judgement, Spirituality on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why is it that every time I have heard, read or thought of the concept that we should “Pray for those who persecute us,” at least in my adult life, I have thought about praying for Christians? Please note, I did not say “most times” or “many times.” It truly is, to my best recollection, [...]
