I hope that like me you have been having such a lovely Christmas, full of friends and people who love you, so that you’ve been unable to spend much time online. If not, I wish you peace, my friend, and a better year ahead. Lord knows that 2013 was awful in so many ways, and…
Tag: peace
Revenge, by Taha Muhammad Ali
I usually cannot refrain from making some comment about a poem that I read or post here. Mostly it is because I love the poems I share with you and we often speak much about what we love. But tonight I want to just let this poem speak for itself. I will only add that…
David Reads “Making Peace” by Denise Levertov
My friend Ann Keeler Evans is also my minister, or the closest I have to one, and she’s been getting me to think a lot about peace lately. She posts an inspirational poem each day, and unlike me, she posts in the morning, not after midnight! And has been doing so for months! Funny thing…
Self-Defense Is a Weird Argument for Owning a Gun (Reblogged from Rottin’ in Denmark)
I stumbled across Rottin’ in Denmark today during a rare trip to the Freshly Pressed section of my WordPress reader. The deeper I dug into his posts the more I enjoyed his writing, admired his tone and identified with his values. This part in particular is sheer brilliance. “I know NRA types think that when…
Random Favorite Christmas Song #4, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
I don’t even want to hear it. Don’t tell me Christmas is over. I can’t just go cold turkey on Christmas music like that. At least the U.K. and Canada have Boxing Day, even if they cannot give me a good explanation of exactly what that is. Why can’t I have 12 days of Christmas…
Cheers!
From my home to yours. (And yes, that is non-alcoholic sparkling cider). 🙂
David J. Bauman 