Somewhere
between the white radiance of eternity
And the washed-out hues of earth-bound existence
We meet
Between the outstretched tent of heaven’s firmament
And the tattered fabric of windless souls (more…)
Archive for January, 2008
The White Radiance of Eternity
Posted in Poetry on January 16, 2008| 1 Comment »
Space
Posted in Poetry on January 16, 2008| 1 Comment »
Space
Antares is a star above all stars
You could fit a thousand suns inside its sphere
It burns 400 light-years from where we are
And the eye can scarcely see it shine from here (more…)
Mszonow Train Incident
Posted in Special interest on January 5, 2008| 1 Comment »
This is a true story. In 1970 in the Polish village of Mszonow (pronounced M’show-noof) two trains made a fateful passing. One was a German train on route from Berlin to Moscow; the other was a Russian train heading to Berlin from Moscow.
Inside the German train, commuters in one section of the long train were singing a song. (more…)
Bread
Posted in Streams of Consciousness on January 3, 2008| 8 Comments »
I met a man my age last night and I asked him about his job. He supervises bakers all over the DFW area, driving over a hundred miles every night. Since I teach science and talk about yeast being a fungus, I struck up a conversation with him. Noticing my intent, he stopped in mid-stride, turned, and engaged me with fixed eyes. A smile broke out on his face as he gave me a quick history of the Egyptian discovery of sourdough. He was as earnest as a doctor diagnosing a patient. (more…)
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