You come back ( Read more... )

I dreamed about Oxford-but-not, mutable as dreams are. I dreamed that in this not-Oxford, there were hills as there are profoundly not in Oxford-as-is, not-Oxford barely had any level ground to lay a brick on. And so in not-Oxford, they built their houses inside the hills and under the grass, with windows and doors and odd peaked rooftops pressing ( Read more... )

Art for the environmentEvery decision is an ethical decision, even the decision to ignore that fact. Alas, I fell in love with Aristotle, which means I'm committed to the idea that the price of ignorance hurts not just other people but who I am. Virtue ethics never lets you forget the state of your soul. I love some of those posters, and to think ( Read more... )

Today I baked, and not for myself. Didn't even taste it, it was to be sent to someone else. There's something pleasing and worrying at the same time about sending my offering off, untasted, untested, but so rich and dark and good. I hope, very much, that it tastes good ( Read more... )

This time I have an excuse for being sleepy, for a lazy Sunday ('lazy' has still managed to include walking the dog twice and a visit to an elderly relative; I like to feel my laziness is deserved). I have been given a patch of earth, and I have been digging ( Read more... )

and I on a soft pillow
will lay down my limbs- Sappho, translated by Anne Carson ( Read more... )

I have been busy, and therefore quiet. But I have been trying to pay attention to the world, which is always very generous, even when we're not looking ( Read more... )

The leaves of the bush clover rustle in the wind.
I, not a leaf,
watched you without a sound.
You may have thought I paid no attention.

Kenrei Mon-in Ukyo No Daibu, translated by Kenneth Rexroth

It's windy, today, and I am going to wear my hair loose.

Perhaps I'll make a cup of coffee ( Read more... )

Grey days make me gloomy, when I'm feeling unimaginative. But when I'm awake enough to pay attention - after the second cup of coffee, say - cloud is something to pay attention to ( Read more... )