Think of the various parts of your life. Which parts are getting too much attention? Which parts aren’t receiving enough attention? Are you spending enough time on the things that really matter, or are you busying yourself with trivia? The problem with trivial matters is that they often *seem* urgent, or are attractive distractions. While […]
He Visits My Town Once a Year ~ Amir Khusrow He visits my town once a year. He fills my mouth with kisses and nectar. I spend all my money on him. Who, girl, your man? No, a mango. (Image: Woman with a Mango by Paul Gauguin)
Images ~ Valery Larbaud Translated from the French by William Jay Smith 1 One day in a popular quarter of Kharkov, (O that southern Russia where all the women With white-shawled heads look so like Madonnas!) I saw a young woman returning from the fountain, Bearing, Russian-style, as Roman women did in the time of […]
The world is too dangerous for anything but the truth, and too small for anything but love. ~ William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
I’m offline (way, way offline in the 16th century!) through Monday, May 15. Regular postings will resume on May 16. Thanks!
