Now there’s a beautiful river in the valley aheadThere ‘neath the oak’s bough soon we will be wedShould we lose each other in the shadow of the evening treesI’ll wait for youAnd should I fall behindWait for me— Bruce Springsteen, If I Should Fall Behind “The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter.” — J. K….
The water is wide, I can’t cross o’erAnd neither do I have wings to flyGive me a boat, carry twoAnd both shall rowMy love and I— Pete Seeger, The Water is Wide There’s a marriage occurring in the family this weekend, and it got me thinking about my own. I’m approaching three decades together, which…
Sleeping beauty awakes from her dreamWith her lover’s kiss on her lipsYour kiss was taken from meNow all I have is this– Bruce Springsteen, Countin’ On A Miracle Twenty years. I’m still here, just as I was that day, but everything has changed. What seemed important on the morning of September 11, 2001 disappeared from…
“Like the elite of ancient Egypt, most people in most cultures dedicate their lives to building pyramids. Only the names, shapes and sizes of these pyramids change from one culture to the other. They may take the form, for example, of a suburban cottage with a swimming pool and an evergreen lawn, or a gleaming…
“I wrote a song called ‘Death Is Not the End’ a couple of years ago, and I never finished it. But I liked the idea, because I guess I don’t believe that it is the end. I carry so many ancestors with me on a daily basis. I experience my father regularly. I experience Clarence….
“A master is in control. A master has a system. A master turns the ordinary into the sacred.” – Ryan Holiday “The primary math of the real world is one and one equals two. The layman (as, often, do I) swings that every day. He goes to the job, does his work, pays his bills…
“Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and trueBut you and I know what this world can doSo let’s make our steps clear that the other may seeAnd I’ll wait for youIf I should fall behindWait for me”– Bruce Springsteen, If I Should Fall Behind Being married for 25 years seems like a long time,…
“We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what the wood harbors, and the wood gives itself away to that intimacy, the manner in which we and the world meet each new day. Harm and boon in the meetings…” – Jack Gilbert,…