Every single time that I type “Wednesday,” I say to myself, “wed Β· nuhz Β· dei.”
Chillin
π Finally! I have looked for Richard Wilbur in every bookstore in every city I have visited, and… I still never found him. No stores seem to think he’s worth the shelf space. (I know, that is crazy!) Ordered this one from Country Bookstore in Bozeman. π
“Being torn isn’t such a bad way to be." (2-minute clip, worth your time)
I wrote something about reading a poem by WisΕawa Szymborska while I was on the way back from Ukraine in December.
Thin Places on Saturday afternoon
Apparently this is what happens when your “spicy water” freezes in the car.
And, upon further research, specifically in Montana.
Finished Reading (2023): The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor π
A necessary reread. A couple thoughts and takeaways here.
Finished Reading (2023): The Ethics of Authenticity by Charles Taylor π
This year’s first reread. A lot of talk about certain freedoms has tended only “to thicken the darkness around the moral ideal of authenticity.” Taylor would rightly like to see it, uh… unthickened. Since I don’t know that it’s any less thick than it was 30 years ago, the need remains the same. A few thoughts here.