As a teacher concerned with streams of thought, particularly Freethought, I’m continually asking myself who is being left out in […]
Archive for July 2021
Dust in the Wind
Robby Steinhardt, violinist and vocalist for the rock band Kansas, died recently. Not only did that news make me feel […]
Minute Meditation
On a long trail loop near Asheville, we waded through a cold mountain stream 7 or 8 times, beneath pines […]
Agnostic?
In case you didn’t know (maybe you’re agnostic?): My new collection of “questionable essays” is the Number One Seller in […]
Shaking Faith
In this weekend’s column in the Citizen-Times I compared our experiences at Gethsemani Abbey and Shaker Village in Kentucky. Shakers, […]
En-lightning
As natural as the summer thunderstorms, poems drop like rain … Heat lightning fires Summer evening cloud mountains Standing, watching, […]
True Story?
The following story is true. This incident really happened. When hiking far out into the forests along the Blue Ridge […]
Kentucky
A few images from our journey to Kentucky (the first visit for me). Overview of some of the 2000 acres […]
A Jewish Atheist Prays
This episode of This American Life is worth listening to, if only for the first 7 minutes when host Ira […]
Friendly Freethinker 