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Early Sunday Morning

Ah, the blessed hour between the time I wake up and the rest of the house slips free of sleep.
Quiet. Peace. A chance to read, to write, to meditate, to pray, and — a wonder! — not just hold back entropy, but to make a little progress against it. Worship by making breakfast tacos and [...]

Posted 18 July 2010 § ‡ Comments (1)

A Pragmatist’s Love Song

A Pragmatist’s Love Song
I have not fallen in love with you,
as if love were a puddle into which one trips
by accident, and from which one might stumble just as easily.
I am not mad about you,
our love a confused and screaming Bedlam,
filled with unreal fears and phantasms that don’t know truth.
You have not captured my heart,
as [...]

Posted 16 December 2007 § Family ‡ Comments (2)

Kathy’s Birthday Poem

We had a Christmas/Liam’s Birthday/Kathy’s Birthday party yesterday evening at our home. I had decided this year that, instead of buying Kathy a present, I would write her a poem reflecting something of the admiration I have for the work she does as a Mom and a wife. Here it is:

She dances in the kitchen’s [...]

Posted 16 December 2001 § ‡ Comments (0)