The Many Faces of Time
My grandfather clock (not my grandfather’s, but named for the technology of another era) has stopped working well. It runs for a while and...
Category: Time, Space, and Knowledge
A Brief History
M showed up one day and didn’t know what he was doing there. Later it would be explained to him that birth for a...
A Trip along Memory Lane
What a pleasure it is to be interviewed by someone (Bruce Alderman in this case) who through their interest and skilled inquiry is able...
A Tendency to Exist
Sometimes he finds himself in a boat, paddling along on the undulating surface, rarely getting as far as he wants. Sometimes he is walking...
Giving Thoughts and Feelings Their Rightful Place
Are you ever bored by your own thoughts and feelings? Have you noticed that they pop up like those wagons that used to deliver...
Riding on the Wind
The curtains are stirring and I know that something is about to start, as in the moments before the conductor’s baton raps against the...
Wheeling Along
I imagine that I am being woven by life, for life, of life. I wish I could sail along with the flow of what...
Where are we Investing?
What we choose to invest in indicates something about how we view the future, especially when our choices reflect personal aspirations and concerns. And...
Aftermaths and Precursors
Ah, the before and the after! How have they managed to crowd out my awareness of my feelings and my freedom to ponder the...
At Loose Ends
Most mornings, when I get up–today at 4 am– my typical activities are not shy about urging themselves on my attention: dishes, making and...