SHIMMERS IN THE DARKNESS

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what i...

Recently, I read two novels that had as their main character an orphan.   Both were set in modern times; neither was an adventure or fantasy...

Symmetry...does it exist in the world as a natural happenstance?  Or is it man-made, created by our minds in a desperate attempt to make s...

I wish I knew more about poetry.  I wish I had the composure and capacity to sit and read a volume of poetry, because I imagine that some er...

We’re well into 2011, certainly too late for New Year’s resolutions, but as I avoid work today, I’m dreaming big.   No “lose weight” or “c...