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Two Hundredth Blog — More Spit in the Ocean
That’s the title of this blog; now let’s get on with it. The Hanukah candles are lit by this atheist who respects the immense Jewish contribution to humanity. I can even say the prayers in Hebrew, 56 years after my bar mtzvah. Oh, the power of conditioning and how sweet it is and can be in certain instances. I am also writing a few paragraphs about snow for my Homage to K, a riff on Kafka trying his hand on writing about the Holocaust. (Oh, the grandiosity.) Can you just imagine what he’d have to say about the Holocaust, but…
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The Lull
The new book of short stories lies fallow while I wait for jane to finish up her first course in librarianship. All the stories are spanking new, therefore, I am suspect of their quality but once again Jane will read the manuscript, make comments and suggestions and I will acquiesce or not. The other day, influenced by reading Kakfa, I wrote a story called “Homage to K” which reflects the insane density of his writings which are often like repetition compulsions to me written in swirls of deep, rich chocolate. Sometimes I think he is putting on the reader, spinning out cosmic…
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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright in the Woods
So Tiger wants his privacy; indeed, he called his yacht, Privacy. I don’t follow golf because I generally don’t follow anything. The latest tempest in the teapot is the conflict between Tiger’s “image” and his right to keep his mouth shut about what happened in his suv. The media vultures are all over him. Legally he doesn’t have to do anything. The police are investigating a fender bender as if Tiger and his wife crashed Obama’s state dinner. The lunacy of this culture is appalling. Earlier in the week the local newspaper carried an item about a demented woman who…
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In Search of Krishnamurti
What is it to be a spiritual human being in a grossly materialistic world? Well, historically, most spiritual teachers urged us to surrender the things of the world. I suggest, if it is at all possible, to expunge the following from your mind. The Book of Mormon (“Chloroform in print ” — Mark Twain); the Gospel of John; the Koran; the chapter on Ruth and Naomi and especially the tale of Abraham and Isaac, the binding. All thoughts about politicians, especially Sarah Palin; all memories of George Bush, the Texan putz; the I phone; all movies with Sandra Bullock and her…