Nepenthe (pronounced [nə-ˈpen(t)-thē]) is a medicine for sorrow, literally an anti-depressant – a "drug of forgetfulness" mentioned in literature and mythology. Imagine what that would be like, a drug of forgetfulness. My first thought...
Rest In Peace Gator
A good friend died this week. He took his own life. We are all shocked and saddened by his passing and we are all asking ourselves - why? Which is to say, we are having the normal human reaction to such an unnecessary loss.I am not going to praise him...
Saturation Saturday: Ruby
the Ruby Slippersa rubyruby throated hummingbirdthe ruby-throated sparrowRuby Tuesdayruby grapefruit - my favoriterubber ruby nipp...
Just Another Day
Today's story starts at the Oaks card club but this is not a poker story. The card room is just the setting for part one of my tale. The Oaks has an elevated rail like many card rooms. For the non-players that simply means the area around the poker tables...
$15 for the New York Times
The New York Times began offering a paid subscription last month. Basically anyone can read up to 20 articles a month for free. After that you have to pay up or wait for the new month to kick in. I never really kept track but I was fairly sure I hit...
Upon Attempting to Be a Novelist
All praise to any novelist who takes us out onto thin ice, under which large, dark shapes are discernibly swimming. Michael CunninghamAs a rule it is not a good idea to tell someone a story before you write it. Any comments or feedback will distort your...
Saturation Saturday: White
white peacockGreat Whitewhite orchidwhite lionthe White Albumwhite tiger cubsGhostrider Snowball Pumpkins(casper luminas)nice eyesand, of course, Barry Wh...
Security & Stuff
Edward Lemay, assistant professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire and his colleagues found that people who had heightened feelings of interpersonal security — a sense of being loved and accepted by others — placed a lower monetary...
Silly Bigotries
Church leaders [in the 1780s] saw theaters as competition with the kind of indoctrination they provided. Laws were passed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island banning the performance of plays. Preachers spoke of theaters as 'the...
A Nearby Earthquake
A small earthquake occurred in Berkeley yesterday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 2.0-magnitude quake happened at 10:37 a.m. and was centered near Panoramic Way, just southeast of Memorial Stadium on the University of California at Berkeley...
Why I Blog
I blog because I want my internal ponderings to be out in the world not just swirling around inside my head. I hope at times I assist others on their journey, perhaps make you smile and sense relief via my rantings or become motivated to rant right back....
Saturation Saturday: Yellow
The Yellow Brick RoadGoodbye Yellow Brick RoadYellow SubmarineYellow SimpsonsYellow HatYellow UmbrellaYellowjacketa more venomous yellow jac...
The Beauty of Crying
Crying is a natural emotional response to certain feelings, usually sadness and hurt. But then people also cry under other circumstances and occasions, for instance, people cry in response to something of beauty. Stephen SideroffThe place was the Los...
A Pondering Quote
Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. -William JamesI...
Upon the Occasion of Finding Something
Why is something always in the last place you look?I have (had) been looking for an item for over a month. About ten minutes ago I found it! I reached into a small travel bag which should have contained only paraphenalia of a certain genre, which is...
When A View Is Not A View
I have spoked of my apartment view often in the past, perhaps a bit too often. Please note there have been no pictures from my window since I returned to the apartment after the remodel. Speaking of the remodel, while I have been back in the apartment...
Snowpack
I wrote a short post the other day about our late wet season this year. As some of you know I have this tendency to follow single facts down the rabbit hole that is the internet. I like research, I wrote my Ph.D. dissertation on the topic. Yes, the snowpack...
Saturation Saturday: Violet
violet sabrewing hummerdayglo violet leavesvitelotte (violet potato)violet skyviolet moonand a violet bathr...
Shared Marginalia
A couple of months ago Amazon quietly announced public note sharing for their Kindle eReader. I was surprised they didn't make a bigger deal about this great leap forward. You can now read a book with a friend, friends or classmates and share each other's...
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