I’m just back from a week in Florida. In addition to visiting family and enjoying the beach and the storm-tossed sea, I revisited Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which nearly killed me last year (as chronicled in the blog entry “The Happiest Place on Earth.”) This year, thanks to technical difficulties, I didn’t have to face [...]
Archive for August, 2009
A Wild Time at The Happiest Place On Earth
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mastering the Art of Life
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What a thrill it is to see Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle at the top of the Amazon bestseller list, and for weeks now! Of course this has something to do with the appeal of Meryl Streep’s extraordinary performance in Julie & Julia. It [...]
Being Together
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“We can be human only in fellowship, in community, in justice and peace. We need each other to become truly free,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This quote has special resonance because I’m still fresh from the experience of spending Saturday evening at the Orchard House Cafe in [...]
Being like Odysseus
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The great stories about ancient heroes like Achilles and Odysseus reveal that it isn’t always in spite of our weaknesses, mistakes, and shortcomings but through them that something unknown can come into being. Achilles pride is also the source of his strength (and his weakness is the source of his destiny); Odysseus cleverness charted [...]
