Rock the Holidays
Seasons Greetings from Heidi (aka VirusHead), John, Ben and our cat Molly. Enjoy! [FB 10152332252735117]
I Only Report
“A Report to an Academy” (“Ein Bericht für eine Akademie”) is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. In the story, an ape named Red Peter, who has learned to behave like a human, presents to an academy the story of how he effected his transformation. The story was first published by Martin Buber in a German monthly. This English version was translated from German by Philip Boehm. Esteemed Gentlemen of the Academy! I feel honored…
Love Powerfully
Rereading some Martin Buber today, in celebration and gratitude. ‎Every morning I shall concern myself anew about the boundary Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No And pressing forward honor reality. We cannot avoid Using power, Cannot escape the compulsion To afflict the world, So let us, cautious in diction And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully. ~ Martin Buber, “Power and Love” (1926) Excerpt from Martin Buber, “I and Thou” (trans. by Walter Kaufmann, 1970) The world is twofold for man…
Pre-Election Roundup
Some various items from the last few weeks… World Poll: Strongly Favors Barack Obama – Only Pakistan’s respondents said they would prefer to see Mitt Romney win November’s election. THE CHOICE: The New Yorker’s Endorsement of Barack Obama Politifact Truth-o-Meter How U.S. Stimulus Bested U.K. Austerity Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren’t Different Team Romney still fighting arithmetic The Plutocracy Will Go to Extremes to Keep the 1% in Control Bork? Bolton? 9 Romney Advisers You Need to Know About ‘Moderate…
Remembering Art
I posted about what my friend Art meant to me, but it couldn’t really capture very much about who he was. Perhaps this will give more of the picture. Art playing the piano, on YouTube: Heartstrings [youtube]http://youtu.be/tMVxf1MKR1U[/youtube] Secret Garden [youtube]http://youtu.be/CoQz_eocmrs[/youtube] Hymn to Hope [youtube]http://youtu.be/ooUngb19Q20[/youtube] Interviews with Art Photos: From the night we all went to the Fox Theater to see “Hair.” Art and I dressed for the occasion and we did look pretty groovy. Thanks so much Howie.
Schnitzler’s Grove
Look! Look! Finally, a piece of documentation for my great-grandfather’s biergarten! Please comment if you have any stories about Schnitzler’s Grove.