What i will remember the most about Pope John Paul II was his
fervent desire for reconcilitation with those the church has
wronged, his humility, and his willingness to forgive and ask
for forgiveness.

He apologized to Jews, females, Orthodox Christians ( Read more... )

just a couple poems from our new york trip ( Read more... )

in New York at the moment.

hanging around the apple store in Soho.

a fantastic week so far, and more to come.

long drive home through rural New England/Appalachia on Sunday.

a more detailed post of my New York joys various and sundry to follow soon.

everyone was clustered around the back row of pews as
we walked in to the funeral home for frenchpress's uncle's service.

as far away from the front of the room as possible.
from the body in the casket at the front of the room.

like sitting at the back of any assembly - avoiding
the attention of the teacher, of God - in this case,
death, perhaps.

( stanton graves french, jr )

in memphis for frenchpress's uncle's funeral.
death on the mind for the past year.
constant memento mori.

favorite third-hand ghost story hear this morning over breakfast -

- told in three accounts -

heidi, a friend of breeabby (frenchpress's niece) is a mother of two young children ( Read more... )

enormous crows outside my window this morning.

chasing each other through tree branches,
calling out their harsh cries to one another.

everything about them is roughedged;
they are beautiful, black and jagged.

meet my new obsession

that is all.

just a reminder for everyone to read as many of Phillip Robertson's articles
as you can stand to on Salon.comRobertson has been reporting on the situation in Iraq since the beginning of the war ( Read more... )

to those of you who do not have the delight
of seraphimsigrist on your friends page,
i have the pleasure of introducing you to pepysdiary,
a daily feed for your friends page of the Diary of Samuel Pepysperhaps the most well-known diarist in history ( Read more... )

before continuing my thoughts on Pascal,
i would like to note with some delight that i have successfully infiltrated
the ranks of the on-a-first-name-basis-crowd at Cafe Cocobeing greeted by both Seth and Amaretta by name as i entered tonight ( Read more... )