The most marvelous thought
occurred to me, an occurrence
in and through the hollow reed
we choose to be.
How preposterously inconsequential
you are! Irreducibly irrelevant
speck of cosmic flotsam.
Now! (Like the B&B lady in Sheepland).
Somehow you feel better.
Knowing this. Having this
thought occur.
Hope RekindledThis past week has given us more hope for our diseased republic than any other time in 50+ years of paying attention. Observing and participating in a long-overdue peaceful uprising, occupying the streets, feeling the righteous energy of people of all ages, colors, faiths, and wealth (or lack thereof), has…
Clarinetist Glenn Dickson, master of klezmer, has made a solo recording, “Wider Than the Sky,” that’s been on perpetual repeat at our home office. Using over-dubs and electronic digital effects, Dickson fills the aural soundscape with a rich melange of chordal textures supporting the melody. His celebrated virtuosity is subsumed here to long, elegiac musical...
