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More Mindlit
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I just completed several paragraphs when the computer ate it up; so I’ll try again. Man and his Gods by Homer Smith (1952), a medical doctor, and with a preface by Einstein, is a masterful take on the fables we believe in, our religions. Piece by piece he demolishes the fanasty shards they are constructed […]
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My Days of Reading Are Over
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I am of a mind and time of life when reading no longer counts as much. No, I am not counting on my personal literary treasure trove to last forever, drawing upon old memories of fabulous words and remarkable pages. I find it more intensely meaningful to grasp my life from moment to moment free of […]
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Reading Poets and Writers
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Jane and I were perusing the most recent issue. I was looking for contests to enter with my latest book. Jane was reading selected poets. I scanned an article by a pontificating ass. We soon agreed that the poetry was dreadful; I composed a poem at the moment which reflected the existential and pompous in […]
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I Am More Than Convinced
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Watching Obama orate, speechifying with flair and gospel tinged repetition, I see the suckers lining up. What has he really done that prepares him for the presidency or, for that matter, what has Hillary done that prepares her for that office. By the time one runs for the presidency, the truer aspects of character are […]