Hello, friends,The University of Georgia football season begins next Saturday. I don’t see myself as a person without angers toward violence, but so many young men injure themselves early in mind and body for later life. Much of the football system captures them as youngsters and keeps them from learning more rewarding ventures. You really […]
Hello friends,Here is a review of my forthcoming book, “Interbeing,” by Athens poet Michelle Castleberry. Her collection “Dissecting the Angel” (2013) was nominated for Georgia poetry book of the year. — Gene “In a statement to the United Nations in 2015, Thich Nhat Hanh said this: “This beautiful, bounteous, life-giving planet we call Earth has […]
Hi friends,The beginning of another week brings new opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and think about one’s part in the universe. Especially in these difficult times it is important to balance thoughts of hope and despair, to puzzle over decisions of good and evil — sometimes both. It means walking to the edges of the […]
On Labor Day weekend it’s good to remember that work has helped to shape us into the persons we have become. The point is to not make the accumulation of money a life goal. Here’s how Judge Jack Ethridge puts it: “Learn as much as you can. Make money to keep the pressure off. Believe […]
Hello, friends. Somehow we have reached September already, and the sunlight is shifting to a different glow here in Athens even though the temperature still hits 90 degrees. Writer Lewis Richmond reminds us in a Buddhist summary: “everything is connected, nothing lasts, you are not alone.” Just so. Here is a short poem about taking […]