The book is stalled a bit, as we’re looking for the right paper for the edition, which needs a 19th c. feel; the papers looked a bit modern and slick and had to be changed. I’ll keep you updated.
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Staten Island.
28-Jul-10Gone Latin-speakin’…
17-Jul-10Will probably be out of touch for awhile, as I’ve gone off to rusticate.
On Abraham.
13-Jul-10I’ve been wanting to write an essay about Abraham for awhile, and I’m not sure I put the essay below together in quite the way I wanted to, but the story of God demanding sin from us fascinates me. It fascinated Jung too, who said he saw the evidence of this in his patients, and [...]
The Book.
21-May-10You can pre-order the Staten Island book now. I am excited by it; it looks to be a thing of beauty. The illustrations by Lesley Chen are extraordinary. I’m told I’ve pre-sold three copies, thereby exceeding all expectations.
Selling books reminds me of Thoreau’s printing of a thousand copies of his first book - which admittedly [...]
Jung.
27-Apr-10“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” - Carl Jung.
Taqqiya.
15-Apr-10One of my minor fascinations/horrors is the Islamic concept of taqqiya - which I also see spelled taqiyya - “religious lying.” It is associated mostly with Shiites, who were a minority in much of the Islamic world, and hence concealing their religion when asked about it point-blank was at times prudent. Of course once this [...]
Hitler.
25-Mar-10“For over five years this man has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could set on fire. Unfortunately he again and again finds hirelings who open the gates of their country to this international incendiary.” - Adolf Hitler, describing Winston Churchill in 1941.
Do we need any further proof of [...]
Virginia Brown.
11-Mar-10A really lovely tribute to a lady and a scholar, by her husband. Her story is as remarkable as she was:
She had grown up in Lake Providence, Louisiana, a small town in the northeast of the state near the Arkansas border, in what was and still is the poorest county in the United States. Her [...]
Peregrine Falcon vs. Snowy Owl
03-Mar-10From the December NYS Conservationist magazine, a set of photos of a battle between a peregrine falcon and a snowy owl at Jones Beach. One of the things I’ve been meditating on recently is the way the Roman Pliny sees nature as a kind of gladiatorial show, with every animal having a special “natural enemy” [...]
Ash Wednesday.
17-Feb-10Lent begins. In the town of Liberty for the observance. “In Libertatem vocati estis, fratres.” Discipline, discipline, discipline.