Monthly Archives: January 2018

Monday,  January 29 “I know Thou takest pleasure in my singing . . . “   Tagore Gitanjali # 2 This Monday we begin the last week of this year’s January,  an ordinary work week perhaps, the out of the ordinary … Continue reading →

Wednesday January 24 “I hear from my Inuit and Yupik relatives up north that everything has changed.  It’s so hot; there is not enough winter. Animals are confused. Ice is melting.” Poets who have come to inhabit my imagination since … Continue reading →

“Holy Dark” a Repetition according to St. Ignatius Posted on January 23, 2014 by In The Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius teaches methods of prayer.  One of the most important he calls the “Repetition.” (i.e., “Attention should be paid to some more important [remembered] places … Continue reading →

Friday  January 19    —  “to stand still and listen to the wind” Last November 25 someone sent me this poem, acting on a hunch that the poet would capture my attention.  I place poems sent to me this way … Continue reading →

Wednesday  January 17  “Deeds, not words.” I have heard this thought expressed many times recently. It’s spoken with a conviction that words have done little to change things in desperate need of change. Words are empty or, worse, they are … Continue reading →

Friday, January 12, 2018 Gerry Stockhausen passed two years ago today.  He was grieved by many women and men I know.  A beautiful presence in this university and in the lives of many people.  Six days after Stock, died we … Continue reading →

Wednesday, January 10  — today’s post is not a poem Yesterday and today, many people in Detroit have gathered to remember a wonderful man, who happens to be a Jesuit priest of many years (b. 1926), Jim O’Reilly, sj.  For … Continue reading →

Monday  January 8 —  “In the silence that follows a great line” Snow falling this morning,  the McNichols Gate is wide open:   staff, faculty, students can taste new beginnings of a 15 week long term. David Whyte caught my … Continue reading →

Friday, January 5, 2018  “‘Bomb cyclone’ blasts Northeast with triple punch of snow, gusts and flooding”    {Washington Post late last night} view from my Detroit window Dec 2007 Boston is my second city, after Motown. I’ve lived there 7 different … Continue reading →

Wednesday,   January 3 Yesterday, the Chronicle of Higher Education led its 1st 2018 number with Lee Garner’s feature about our university and Wayne State, our neighbor c. 6 miles to the south.  A lot of us like “How to … Continue reading →