Every day
I promise myself
Only one
But then,
more often than intended,
I find myself
At the grocery store
Buying more lemons
But, not to worry
Lemons,
they say,
are good for you
Lemon Drop Martini
Category Archives: philosophy
Morning Light Through the Window
Contemplating the nuance of morning light
as it reveals patterns and textures
on the living room couch
is so much more interesting
intriguing
inspiring
than washing yesterday’s dirty dishes
still stacked in the kitchen sink.
Health Care According to Bentley, my 4-year-old neighbor
How to fix a Boo-boo: Rub some dirt on it … and have a cookie.
First Thing
Not Quite…
Life’s great metaphor.
A Timeline
Primordial Ooze
Life Forms Evolve
Opposable Thumbs
Competition
Greed, Power, Money
Godot Defined for one species
Knowledge Quest
War Machines
Silicon Chips
Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge Shared Among Machines
Opposable Thumbs Irrelevant
Artificial Intelligence Evolves
Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication
Godot Redefined
Higher Knowledge Unnecessary
Life Forms Irrelevant
Silicon Chips Disintegrate
Primordial Ooze
New England Aster
This series of twelve images (see previous posts) were created to show relationships between shapes and forms frequently occurring in ordinary environments, but in an unusual way of looking at them.
Yellow Coneflower
Easter Lily
Everlasting Pea
In the Beginning
Glorious Nature
December Leaf
There are no horizons,
New or otherwise,
For the fallen leaves of December.
Choice
It was a sweet feminine voice that insisted I make a choice, either walk through the church doors or burn in the depths of hell.
I thought, “Only two choices? Of the world’s ‘Great Religions’ my two choices are the plain vanilla denomination or hell.” Isn’t that some sort of rhetorical fallacy – only two choices? I’m sure there must be more.
I asked, “Why the simple white clapboard, non-denominational, nondescript church? What about one of the magnificent Gothic cathedrals? Perhaps I could visit a golden domed synagogue, or try an ancient Moorish mosque. Then again, I kind of liked the colorful Japanese Temples with the spinning prayer cylinders.”
She said, “Choose! Either this church where they are waiting for you or roast right here where demons will spend a thousand eternities devouring your soul.”
I said in my most assertive voice, “I much prefer my own church, ‘The Blessed Mother of the Sabbath Morning Sleep-In.’ By the way, you have a lovely voice”
She said, “Choose!”
I said, “How about we go uptown to the bar where they have 19 different craft brews on tap…I’ll buy. We can have a reasonable conversation and work this out in a more congenial setting.”
She said, “Choose!”
At that point, it occurred to me, “This little white church must have a back door.”
The Autumn Cometh
The brisk morning air sent a shiver through their limbs and set a small stand of old philosophers to speculating about the approaching season.
“It can’t be good.”
“It could be bad.”
“Good or bad, it will come.”
“Most likely.”
Obvious
Obvious/Obscure: a universe of confusion
The Ultimate Stoics
After the extinction of humankind, when the rise and fall of robots had completed its cycle and before the next phase of sentient beings, dark forests showed the universe the wisdom of their own ethics.
Day-To-Day Photography 