Monthly Archives: September 2019

Monday, September 30 – Rabindranath Tagore  # 2 “Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself . . . ” About 2700 women and men settled into St. Louis’ Powell Hall yesterday afternoon with the subtle play and excitement … Continue reading →

Wednesday, September 25  – “. . . not because mind and memory falter, but . . . ” Yesterday’s  airport shuttle driver observed that Denver weather “has a touch of autumn today”:  a chilly, breath-taking mid-week during a board meeting that … Continue reading →

Friday,  September 20, 2019   “If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech” . . . Isaiah 58 Pre-note: today’s post is longer than ordinary, and quotes 3 authors, the prophet Isaiah, Pope Francis, and the … Continue reading →

Wednesday, September 18 Thomas Cenatolla caught my attention today, during a morning awash in memories from 1968 and 1969 when I spent two summers living on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation. Carmel and Serena Two Elk, two sisters now in … Continue reading →

Monday, September 16, 2019  “Wage Peace”  (1st posted December 2, 2013) Friday, November 29, 2013 was the anniversary of Bill Pauly’s sudden death at 59 of a heart attack while taking a lovely sabbatical after years of demanding pastoring on … Continue reading →

Friday September 13 – I have not posted this compelling e e cummings post in several years. When i read it, i wonder how i could have passed over one of e e’s master works. Brave and strong enough to … Continue reading →

Tuesday, September 10  “Talking with the Sun” & “The high plains of Pine Ridge, SD” Mary, a Lakota soul friend, and Joy Harjo, National Poet Laureate, are friends.   They share a love of the land and sky, an intimate … Continue reading →

September 4 — taking off for Sabbatical Dear kinswomen and kinsmen, I flew out to Denver on Monday. After a couple days in Denver, I will drive c. 6 hours north to Pine Ridge, S D, one of the sacred … Continue reading →