Most Romantic Poem Ever (Perhaps) November 27, 2010

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself [...]

Thanksgiving: What High Schoolers Are Thankful For November 24, 2010

Recorded in my English II Honors class. They did a great job (as they usually do).  I think you’ll enjoy this Thanksgiving treat.  Hearing it from some who have a lot to be thankful for. Happy and blessed Thanksgiving to you and yours.  

Thanksgiving: High School Students Reflect November 23, 2010

Recorded on Friday, 19 November 2010.  Enjoy. Gratitude for “family” was, I think, the most often cited thanksgiving.

Bright Eyes: Ten Songs For New Ears September 11, 2010

One of life’s most pleasurable “little things” that I relish with youthful zeal is sharing new music with new ears, or old music with new ears.  I should rephrase that first sentence.  The music itself may or may not be “new,” but when it’s new to the listener that’s all that really matters, isn’t it? [...]

May Books Be Blessed August 20, 2010

“Books are besieged by a great many embattled enemies… but from books comes the food of the mind. It is not good for the stomach to be without food for a long period, and it is very much worse for the mind.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

Be Kind August 20, 2010

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle…”  — Plato In your life there may be the one.  The one that you think of most often.  The one that keeps you up nights.  The one that you think of first as you stumble into the kitchen.  Sure, you notice other ones.  You [...]

Live and Let Live July 1, 2010

When I find them in my house I don’t kill spiders that look like all they eat are tiny insects.  If the spider is large enough to bite me, however, I kill it with disgusted satisfaction. There are many things in this life that I want to learn about, too many to list here.  Yet [...]

Disneyland in 20 Tweets May 15, 2010

Commercials for Disneyland always say something like, “where memories happen” or “come make memories that will last a lifetime.” I’ve always found those to be rather clichéd and even somewhat grandiose for a theme park to claim.  And perhaps those sorts of things are clichéd, and perhaps it is grandiose on their part, but sometimes [...]

For Those Who Have Ever Wanted… May 5, 2010

We pine for that which we do not posses.  In the pining there smolders crimson embers, beyond the quenching waters of imperfect fulfillment.  Burning deep within, protected and nurtured by the sparks of connection, the combustion of common thought, the conflagration of shared experience, recline our untested hopes—our sanguine appraisals. Such are the fantastic dreams [...]

But Obama Said It Would Lower Costs… April 23, 2010

Are you really surprised? From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law will increase the nation’s health care tab instead of bringing costs down, government economic forecasters concluded Thursday in a sobering assessment of the sweeping legislation. Meanwhile, the career politicians in Washington, including Obama,  are cooking up new ways to raise [...]