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The Right Word
On prayers answered and unanswered. Researching interpretation, translation and the Word.
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News from My Changing Landscape
Brief pictorial update and I explain why audio recordings were paused
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From a Tortured Poet During the Cruelest Month
Happy National Poetry Month! Happy birthday, William Shakespeare! Happy album release, Taylor Swift! And if free verse is considered poetry, then why…
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There's Something About Mary
How did Mary Oliver become so divisive? Why is it so dangerous to read her? And why you should read her anyway.
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Confessions of a Failed Autodidact
Learning alone is hard. Learning together is better.
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Mother of Homecomings
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"Tell me about a complicated man..."
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Confessions of a Failed Autodidact
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“the sacrament of the present moment”
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Alleluia! We have cake!
Happy Easter! A personal update and a writing question.
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Jesus, En Folkefiende
Drama as part of the Catholic Mass. How reading Ibsen's An Enemy of the People becomes unsettling preparation for my role this Palm Sunday.
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A Fulsome Ides
The Tragedie of Guerinca. Just because you are stabbing Caesar doesn't mean you are saving the Republic.
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Sonnet 4
For Doug. "Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend..."
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The Sorrows of Young Johannes
On "Clara's theme" and classical music's most poignant love triangle
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Anaïs and Edna
Remembering the back-to-back birthdays of Anaïs Nin and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Thoughts about the evolution of modern feminine sexuality and values.
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Poetry of Skins, Wood and Metal
What is the relationship between poetry and musical compositions? The fragments of Sappho, the rhythms of verse, and a beat you can dance to.
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The Beauty of Things
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