The Bicycle Thief, Wow

I can’t explain this whopping oversight. Somehow, I managed to not see The Bicycle Thief until the other night (and no, I’m not five years old, and even took film classes in college). Incredible.  Other than Salt of the Earth, it’s the best social commentary movie I can think of. It reminded me of Salt, with the realism, [...]

The Sluggard’s Been Memed (and memed and memed. . .)

Tagged three times recently and what a sluggard, I haven’t managed any of them—busy, actually—working on that interbeing post at gartenfische and finding all kinds of cool, cool images and articles on the Internet (plus the usual life stuff). My mind is whirling. I apologize, friends, for my uncooperativity/invisibility. I’m writing up the most [...]

Oh To Fly!

When I was a kid I often dreamt of flying. The dreams tapered off over time—the last one was at least fifteen years ago and it was probably the most spectacular of all. Even now I can almost feel the exultation of swooping and soaring. For something that took place in the mind, the sheer physicality of the experience [...]

Women, Age And Self Worth

I’ve been thinking about this topic for quite a while.
I watched my mother go from a woman who seemed self confident and generally satisfied with life, to a woman who—in my opinion—has crawled inside of herself, has lost her self esteem and looks at the world through gray-tinted glasses. This is a view from the [...]

My Alter-Blog

So it’s good to start a new blog. It’s like a mini new life.
Why do it? Why a mini new life? Because I prefer to keep my other blog spiritualish and this will give me a space to write about other topics that interest me.
That’s the idea. We’ll see how it goes.
Please stay tuned. . . .