The dreadful drowning pall of wet despair, when fire is out and seems unrekindlable,

when tormentor towers over and determines to extinguish errant sparks,

as if any could be born of this sopping stupor.

Still, he stands and spews the condemnations and triumphs over sodden… Read full post »

Walking along St. Charles Avenue, from Josephine, heading to Milton Latter Library.  Fragments of Mardi Gras beads and decorations hanging from fences, ground into sidewalk cracks, evidence of the joyous farewell feast for the flesh and evidence that even when this City That Care Forgot retu… Read full post »

"Another one will come along, you'll see, and she will suit you to a T."  Or, so they say, well-meaning, but something in their tone feels like deciding between the teal button-down shirt or the red pullover.  Or, how about one of your newer t-shirts?  It is Saturday, after all. … Read full post »

My Caribbean Sea-colored parakeet taught me about transformation of the unremittingly mundane.  I stood dully before the bathroom mirror one morning, pre-caffeine, applying hair goop and hoping at least to avoid a bad hair day, if not enjoy a good one.  The coffeemaker began its life-saving… Read full post »

Sequence: someone posts a joke on Facebook.  Someone complains about the joke because it is ****-ist—fill in your own asterisks, your own –ism.  The number of asterisks need not be identical with the number of missing letters.  Someone else slams the complainer for being hy/… Read full post »

It's the small words:  "I'll be waiting for your next post." 

In the midst of Syria, the Sudan, a world economy that can't seem to "shake it off," a world-leading country that can't stop bickering and posturing long enough to lead the world, my problems and heartaches… Read full post »

About Jesus' miracles: they were miracles, not spectacles, unless you mean the kind of spectacles that help you see better.  Come and see.

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We can't seem to regulate our financial institutions well enough to prevent rampant greed hurtling toward economic ruin.  So, I'm not holding my breath, but please, could we please see about regulating the depth of jeans pockets?  Any jeans pockets found to be shorter than four inches shoul… Read full post »

Before 5:50 p.m. yesterday, I was going to write: "Experiencing a dark night of the writing soul.  Please stand by indefinitely for any future posts."

 Ricky Rialto (not his real name) changed that.  By a path somewhat twisty and turny, I walked into Ricky's hospital room at about 5:50… Read full post »

This is your mind on fitted sheets.  Any questions?  For $5.99 (to cover shipping and handling), I will send you the instructions.  Nattie taught me how. Read full post »

Barukh atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha‑olam shehakol bara lichvodo.

"Blessed are You, LORD, our God, sovereign of the universe, who created everything for His Glory."

 Today I attended my first ever bar mitzvah and am frustrated because there is  no way I will convey the… Read full post »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuKeSUUK-A4&feature=related

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          It wasn't "like two ships passing in the night."  There was encounter of the deepest kind.  Both of us had eyes wide open, or at least opening.  Problem is, they weren't open enough to see all the moving parts.  Or,… Read full post »

"As our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say..."

With that, in the Episcopal liturgy, we launch into a recitation of the Lord's prayer, a name that has always struck me as odd because it is Jesus' response to His disciples' request that He teach them to pray. … Read full post »

...better to speak up, and that in a hurry.  Let's take up our discussion here tomorrow.  Or not.  NOTE TO SELF: I need to create, not respond or react.

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Wish I could be there tomorrow.  Well, I sorta will be.

Shalom,

TTG

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Chilling out after a four-mile walk, I stumbled upon Karate Kid and watched it for a bit.  I came in at the part where Daniel-San had washed and waxed several cars (wax on; wax off), sanded the deck, and painted quite a bit more fence than Tom Sawyer could've palmed off on… Read full post »