You gotta land sooner or later

The calliope whistles merrily as the circus comes to town. You know what’s coming as the parade turns the corner and you get a full view of the menagerie of beasts and freaks, clowns and characters. It’s daylight, but somehow both dark and light at the same time. Chiaroscuro. The lightness comes from painted faces…

Yes, from that famous case from the 1932 Supreme Court decision “Benign v Banal” where it was was ruled that for the average citizen it is far better to be aligned with kindness than inanity. I think of the word “benign” and can’t help but hear Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice: “It’s not a tumor”. Granted, I…

At the bottom of my closet I have an American flag. It was my Uncle’s, the flag that draped his coffin. It came to me from a relative who gave it to a relative who gave it to a relative. It has been in my closet until just now. My father served but didn’t receive…

There’s always a gameshow going on in my head. The only thing missing is the announcer’s voice: “Come on down and play……..I Find Myself Thinking About”!!! Perhaps if there was an announcer, it would give me fair warning about the next crazy thought that’s coming up. That would be useful. Often my thoughts are a…

We are now a culture that is alone together. We look into each other’s eyes through panes of electronic glass. Our sense of the natural world and work is replaced with a very shallow two dimensional reflection. Life has become just an LED. Years and years ago I crumpled up Facebook like a piece of…