inward bruises bleed bluer than red tearful eyes deep, raw suffering
Breakfast in Bed?
Breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning? No thank you. My backyard is just too beautiful! Even the fish love it here!
‘Off With His Head!’
Recently at the Madame Tussaud’s Waxwork Museum in Berlin, Germany, a man ripped off the head of Adolph Hitler’s wax effigy. The 41-year-old German calmly stood in line; and when it was his turn to view the wax figure with vignette, representing Hitler in his office during World War II, he pressed through two guards and tore of Hitler’s…
‘The Dark Knight… a Shining Light?’
Louis Glick in his Glick Report on Fox/Business.com is calling the comic book film out today about Batman and the Joker, The Dark Knight, a “shining light.” Of course all the film critics are saying Heath Ledger’s performance trumps the star, Batman himself, Christian Bales. But Glick goes beyond that and puts Ledger among some of…
Who Can Measure the Weight of a Word?
Jesse Jackson’s recent “off the record” comments into a hot mike are causing quite a stir. Many are saying he is no longer relavant. Many are criticizing him. He has apologized, but I bet he wished he could take those words back. Here’s the story. The truth is some words and the reaction they cause…
“White As Snow’
“Come let us reason together, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be as crimson, they shall be like wool.” Isaiah 1:18 So many have been saddened this week at the passing of Tony Snow, political commentator, White House Press secretary, radio host, and television news anchor….
Why I Love Billy, Part 2
Here’s another reason I love Billy Collins…
Sad News About Mark Twain’s Home…
I just read some incredibly sad news that Mark Twain’s home in Hartford, CT, may shut down. It is just barely surviving now, sagging under a tremendous load of debt because of the lavish visitors’ center they opened a few years ago. Read the details here. My husband, daughter and I toured this important historical landmark…
the feet of a roman god
I was just thinking about a poem I wrote last fall on the shores of Caesarea, while visiting Israel. It is a beautiful, sundrenched coastline, replete with layers of antiquity. And it is a wonderful place to sit and ponder as the wind stirs the memories of an ancient civiliztion that once ruled the world. the…
Language Tracks for Linguaphiles…
The fanboy, who is a pestcatarian, eats edamame with Prosecco. But when his mother isn’t around, he drinks SoJu. He is preparing for a Supercross, when he isn’t playing in a Texas Hold ’em. Everyone knows he is a political wing nut… and his conversation is peppered with air-quotes. Miriam-Webster has just added 100 new words…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 