“Here is our long-forgotten family home.And, having heard now and then the voice of ancestors calling,Like a grey little forest bird, from far-away centuries,I fly to you, Belovezhskaya Pushcha.”Aleksandra Pakhmutova – Russian ballad by Aleksandra Pakhmutova, 1975 which celebrates the Białowieża Primeval Forest. Bialowieza Primeval Forest I came across this quote in my Lapham’s Quarterly -…… Continue reading An ancient homeland
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Lapham’s Quarterly is my favorite publication. I have a passion for history and wanted a journal which provided the golden nuggets both past and present. Lapham’s Quarterly does that.
LTMD – Friday, February 26th
LTMD – It is Friday, February 26th. The weather is warm and the sky is overcast. We’re still waiting for more rain but February is turning out to be very dry. It has been a while since I’ve done an LTMD but I have a rare few hours all to myself, didn’t feel like biking,…… Continue reading LTMD – Friday, February 26th
Lapham’s Quarterly – Go for the older woman
I’ve decided I really need to write down my favorite passages from Lapham’s Quarterly; this one comes from the winter 2009 volume – EROS. It is from Benjamin Franklin concerning the advantages of dating/marrying older verses younger women. Seems like sage advice to me: You should prefer old women to young ones.Because when Women cease…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Go for the older woman
The third day of the new year
Well, my family hit a bit of a bump in the start of the new year and that bump’s name is norovirus or “stomach flu” as some refer to it. Three nights ago my oldest threw up suddenly in bed and then two more times that same night. He also said that his body hurt.…… Continue reading The third day of the new year
The Wee Hours
If you could choose an hour of wakefulness out of the whole night, it would be this…You have found an intermediate space, where the business of life does not intrude; where the passing moment lingers, and becomes truly the present; a spot where Father Time, when he thinks nobody is watching him, sits down by…… Continue reading The Wee Hours
Quote about time
Read this today in my Lapham's Quarterly on Time and was spellbound. There is something in writing, in poetry that touches upon life in a way I cannot put my finger on. It is as though everyday life is an illusion, a dull reflection of a true and glorious reality. When I read a passage… Continue reading Quote about time
A favorite passage from Lapham's Quarterly – The Sea
Woods Hole, MARachel CarsonReturns us to the Sea Passage: When they went ashore, the animals that took up a land life carried with them a part of the sea in their bodies, a heritage which they passed on to their children and which even today links each land animal with its origin in the ancient…… Continue reading A favorite passage from Lapham's Quarterly – The Sea