While there is still time

A new wave of anti-Semitism alarms France, so magazines say. The Jews back in the dock. Reminded me of this novel about a little Jewish boy...

September by Linda Pastan it rained in my sleep and in the morning the fields were wet I dreamed of artillery o...

"Ali said: None may arrive at the Truth until he is able to think that the Path itself may be wrong." from 'Thinkers of...

"Today, I feel a sense of fulfillment that I haven’t experienced in a long time...

From  Preface to "Doubt: A Parable", by John Patrick Shanley: “What is Doubt? Each of us is like a planet. There’s the crust, w...

And so the time of the squirrel-thief is also over.... How long does a squirrel live? I hope you left well-fed, and content...I miss you, ...

Returning to Toni Morrison , of the rich language that makes you gasp in surprise and awe. And whose prose somehow...

to live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal: to hold it against your bones kn...

Joe Hisaishi , of the amazing piano pieces: Resphoina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aysPO5j59YQ&feature=rel...

 Continued, from the post below: "In June 1974 the Broadway producer Joshua Logan described his manic-depressive illness to a se...

So friend calls to say that X committed suicide today, after a long struggle with depression. In spite of all the help we tried to get for ...

Inbox, from a long time ago: "I don't care if you've got funny ears or funny hair or a lighthouse on your head all that ...

Renaud , Mistral Gagnant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYb_aYgmGP4 Ah... m'asseoir sur un banc cinq minute...

"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives a...

Chris Rea: Blue Cafe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pYwZQDQEb4&feature=related Where have you been? Where are you going to? I w...