Neal @ January 26, 2010 # One Comment
Dear Sputnik,
The attached photo of you arrived from a mutual friend two days ago, on what should have been your 48th birthday. I say “should” because it’s a primate conceit that the world be arranged according to our convenience. Were that the case, I’d likely be talking to you now, and about something differently [...]
Neal @ January 15, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Kicking a whale up a beach
Braiding grape jelly
Comforting the chronically afflicted.
(1/22/09 P.S. to RW: who asked “Why would you kick a whale?” The only reason I can think of is that 1) he’s down, and 2) you’re that sort of fellow.)
Neal @ November 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
IF THE PERSON AHEAD OF you in the checkout line is stocking up on Meow Mix, don’t ask about their cat.
Neal @ November 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
THE REASON WE NEED each other is that life rarely contains enough different viewpoints to even begin understanding Life.
Neal @ May 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
SOME BOOKS ARE FINISHED IN a day; others, only when we are.
If books are portable doorways, then stepping into a beloved-since-childhood instant Now every few years can sometimes tell us where we’ve been in the meanwhile. As one of my perennial obsessions is the slippery intersection of awareness and time — e.g., free will[1] as [...]
