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Wednesday, October 4   If Grand River were a river, Elephants could drink from it And I would wash my clothes Among its stones. With thanks to Rosemary, here is her post from February 26, 2014, a poem by one … Continue reading →

Famed author Ta-Nehisi Coates to speak Tuesday in Detroit Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press Pop Culture Critic Published 6:49 p.m. ET April 3, 2017 Like a literary superhero, Ta-Nehisi Coates is able to leap the huge stylistic divide between the … Continue reading →

Friday, January 20 Three sayings have come to mind over this week, each speaks to uncertainty and suspicion.    I think of them as poems though they were written as prose.   I have long cherished these writers as brave … Continue reading →

Friday, January 6 On November 21, Monday of Thanksgiving Week, I published the poet Ray Carver for the first time,  a new voice for me.  That morning I introduced the post thus:   “I found a new poet for the occasion. … Continue reading →

Wednesday, December 21  –  O Oriens” At Detroit’s latitude we will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daylight, 14 hours and 57 minutes of night time. Our shortest day. Today’s O Antiphon, “O Oriens” (“O Rising Sun”) tells us … Continue reading →

Monday December 19 Today’s Antiphon, “O Root of Jesse,” grew out of two Biblical texts recounting the geneology of Jesus (Luke 3:23 and Matthew 1:1)  Both versions locate the new born baby as Jesus, a human being, more than as … Continue reading →

Wednesday, November 23 Most years, I welcome the Wednesday before Thanksgiving by fasting from the alarm clock.  Instead of 5:40 am, I eased out of sleep at 9:20 or so.  Now it’s 10:37, Detroit Bold Colombian  Espresso coffee brewed.  If … Continue reading →

Friday,  November 11, 2016  “There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.” Last Monday, the day before the election of Donald Trump, Leonard Cohen died.  I am not alone getting the news later (i.e., this morning … Continue reading →

Friday,  last day in this September – It’s the last day of the last work week in September, which is, in the United States, the first month of what is called the real election race, the time when many potential … Continue reading →

Friday –  August 26 —  Freshmen Convocation, turning toward the working year The university’s formal gathering of first year students, in Calihan Hall, home of our athletic teams, locker and training rooms most days.  But this morning the hall makes … Continue reading →