Archive - something this foggy day

Enough to bear the sinking ships

Feb 22 •

November 2024

Ways of spreading light

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton Vesalius in Zante

Nov 18, 2024 •

Lowering the portcullises

In a re-enchanted world

Nov 8, 2024 •

October 2024

Would you be well

I am probably not unusual in this feature, but I am of a sort who, when I find a song that moves me, I have to listen to it over and over for a time…

Oct 31, 2024 •

What you were promised

Sometimes you hear a line that snags you out of your inattention and lights your fire.

Oct 13, 2024 •

August 2024

The sun of all our pleasure

A little Friday evening poetry

Aug 30, 2024 •

March 2024

Until you know you are loved

What it takes to be truly happy in this world

Mar 29, 2024 •

January 2024

Believing in life's goodness

About the first book I read this year

Jan 20, 2024 •

About my bright abyss

Mostly quotes from Christian Wiman's memoir

Jan 10, 2024 •

I shall return for you, my love

Musings on a Christmas song heard in a store

Jan 3, 2024 •

May 2023

On the obligation of nobility and pets

What we owe to animals and what they can teach us

May 9, 2023 •

Welcome to my newest abode

I'm glad you've come to visit at Substack

May 9, 2023 •

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