August 2004

  • Charles Cummings: “A life of prayer is a life of beginning all over again.” As is a life of writing. Perhaps a life of writing is a life of prayer. From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 or·a·to·ry 1. A place for prayer, such as a small private chapel. ETYMOLOGY: … Continue reading

  • Moon

    I float through my days on a soft cushion of medication.  I am in a big blow-up raft, high, and dry, and well away from deep water.  I focus on minutiae — the foam bubbles at the surface; reflections of sky and trees.  Softly up, softly down, the current carries me where it will. At… Continue reading

  • Carnival of the Cats

    Boo and Spike are pleased to host the 23rd Carnival of the Cats!  This week we have an extensive and varied offering: From Athenamama:  For the Love of Athena and Cat of the day From The People’s Republic of Seabrook:  It’s their world; I’m just coughing up the hairballs From This Blog Is Full Of… Continue reading

  • Carnival of the Cats

    It’s coming! — Just taking a bit longer than I expected . . . Continue reading

  • An Old Poem

    august 21 you write that you are ill feverish in some narrow foreign bed tangled in dim damp sheets sun steaming through a dingy window and I hope that you are not entangled so alone what cannot be held must be freely given Continue reading