Please, J.K. Rowling, More Stories
“The Potter stories give me hope during what I consider to be rather dark times. Please – more stories. The world so desperately needs them.”
Rock the Holidays
Seasons Greetings from Heidi (aka VirusHead), John, Ben and our cat Molly. Enjoy! [FB 10152332252735117]
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…
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.
Rest In Peace, Art Schoeck
To understand the depth of my grief for the loss of my friend Art Schoeck, you’d have to know something about the context. In 1991, I had applied to the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University, and moved from Iowa City to Atlanta without knowing whether or not I was accepted. Â I had intended to get my Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, but had taken a Masters degree and left when I wasn’t able to pursue my…