Monthly Archives: April 2022

Ambiguity, Thy name is Spring

“Ambiguity is the world’s condition.…As a ‘picture of reality’ is it truer than any other.  Ambiguity is.”  So says poet Charles Simic. In that spirit, I submit spring.  Yes, spring is a bouquet pulled and given from the dark dead … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Ambiguity, Thy name is Spring

Cascading Seder

After all the words of two Passover Seders, what remains? — meaning unsayable.  After flowing wine, a vertiginous sea, questions of morality and freedom, of being a stranger and redemption, after provocations, interruptions, questions posed with incomplete answers —ah!  The … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Cascading Seder

Mythical Rambles on Pico

We pick up the cows where we lost the goats. They look back at us, dully sensual, shiny, forgiving, lumber up the volcanic trail.  Hoof deep, we’re all off-balance.   This lava moonscape, land of black chasms and craters.  A land just out … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Mythical Rambles on Pico