In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

I really haven’t been quite as lazy about writing as In a Dark Time would seem to suggest. As I mentioned awhile ago, I joined a group of bloggers at Open Source Politics who are attempting to make a difference on the political scene. I completed three entries on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath [...]

If you’re curious what I sound like on my liberal soapbox, you can find my first contribution to Open Source Politics at SocialEyes, the first of three segments on Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Actually, I was a little surprised at how easily I adopted the cliches of a political hack. Perhaps that’s because I [...]

I spent much of the morning going over loan papers on the new house. It’s now clear to my why the refinancing of homes has been able to hold up the economy during the country’s latest recession. There must be millions of people involved in processing loans and transfering information back and forth. And I [...]

Although I’m continuing to try to read Robert Penn Warren’s early poetry I’m have some serious problems concentrating on them. Turns out, for me at least, it’s not a good idea to try to read poetry when I’m upset or distracted by real-life events. And I’m more than a little of both after spending four [...]