The Year 2016 in Review

It is now 4:07 AM on January 14th, 2017.  The holidays of Christmas and New Year are distant memories that seem to have happened long, long ago. The time off was not relaxing due to two little boys.  Yes, we had fun and yes we made great memories but with two little ones there is…… Continue reading The Year 2016 in Review

John Berger – Each pine at dusk

Each pine at dusklodges the birdof its voiceperpendicular and stillthe forestindifferent to historytearless as stonerepeatsin tremulous excitementthe ancient storyof the sun going down. John Berger from “And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos” New Yorker – Postscript: John Berger, 1926 – 2017: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/postscript-john-berger-1926-2017 

The Third School Reader

This evening I was inspecting the various books on my bookshelf and came across some very old volumes I had picked up from somewhere and somewhen.  The first book was in Latin; I skimmed a few paragraphs and then put it back since I currently do not read Latin. The next book I picked up…… Continue reading The Third School Reader

Gandalf Quote

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. Gandalf the Grey I finally bought The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings on Bluray and have been watching them the past couple nights.  This is the second quote from the movie that hit me and I…… Continue reading Gandalf Quote