On this 5th of July, which is kinda a downer date like December 26, I was blown away by a quotation i read on American Greatness this AM, by Alasdair Macintyre: āI understand the story of my life in such a way that it is part of the history of my family or of this … Continue reading āBorn in the USAāā¦
Author: Hypatia
More on Lies and Lying
Simonās post about lying reminded me of an interesting (I hope) thing I read years ago, bout deception, speech, and oath-taking. I think maybe it was Stephen Pinker who pointed out that, while animals can practice deception, (2 of the most famous examples being a bird feigning a broken wing, and an opossum playing dead) … Continue reading More on Lies and Lying
June 22
ā¦is the birthday of my sisterās boyfriend. Well, yeah, stupid word: āboyfriendā but I canāt be arsed to do better tonight. He and my darling sister are both dead now. He outlived her by over a year, although he was a decade plus older. He was ā¦.i wanna say a polyglot, but that doesnāt sound … Continue reading June 22
Centennial
My beloved house is about to turn 100! As might happen with any old lady, she just yesterday presented me with an unforeseen infirmity: a major plumbing issue. It seems nothing is forever, not even cast-iron pipes. This was a major letdown as I had to cancel my Solstice party on Friday. She needs major … Continue reading Centennial
āLet Not His Hoar Head Go Down To The Grave In Peaceā
Joe Biden is in for a lot of agony, now, a horrible death. Soon he will be beyond the power of any human authority to compel him to tell Congress, and us, the answer to the obvious question: If you werenāt in chargeā WHO WAS? So come on GOP: move on him NOW, yesterday if … Continue reading āLet Not His Hoar Head Go Down To The Grave In Peaceā
What is a Woman?
You know those drawings that, as you stare at them, suddenly reveal themselves as some other image? The simplest on is the box: the surface which appears nearest to you flips back and forth. Or the famous one, wherein at first you see a girl sitting at her dressing table, and suddenly you see a … Continue reading What is a Woman?
A Pity Beyond All Tellingā¦
ā¦is hid in the heart of love. Wrote Yeats, and went on to describe the pleasurable experience ofā¦worrying, I reckon, about oneās love object, even if he or she really isnāt in any immediate danger, none beyond the mortality we all share: āA pity beyond all telling/Is hid in the heart of love:/The folk that … Continue reading A Pity Beyond All Tellingā¦
Atlantis USA
Eggs Thatās what got me thinking this morning as I prepared my fave breakfast (soft-boiled, with pieces of toast crumbled in..š) As the deep gold yolk spurted up at me, suddenlyā¦ā¦.Iām at a party in a neighborhood in suburban Philadelphia. In aā¦.well, I reckon youād call it a āhousing developmentā, but an old one. A … Continue reading Atlantis USA
āSky Flakesā
āIt is blue butterfly day here in Spring/And with these skyflakes down in flurry on flurry,/There is more unmixed color on the wing/Than flowers will show for days, unless they hurry! But these are flowers that fly, and seem to sing,/And now, from having ridden out desire/They lie closed over in the wind, and cling/Where … Continue reading āSky Flakesā
The April Fools
Those are my neighbors up here on the Plateau who expect Spring in April. This morning weāre waking up to a beautiful fluffy snowfall. It was raining when we took our walk about 11 PM, but changed over during the night, So now Iām looking out upon a ālandscape drawn in pearly monotonesā, as the … Continue reading The April Fools
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