. The title “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World’ is taken from St. Augustine. “Plato, St. Teresa, and the rest of us in our degree,” says Wilbur, “have known that it is painful to return to the cave, to the earth, to the quotidian; Augustine says it is love that brings us […]
A Melancholy Thanksgiving
This is the first Thanksgiving without my brother, who died in May, so it will be a melancholy holiday for my family. It was Jeff’s favorite holiday, as it is mine, and we will try to honor what he loved in it, and why he and Anne hosted our family feasts on the day for […]
Jazz Is: 34 – ‘Poutin’
It was a foggy night. Or a long night, and my heart was foggy. The bright lights glared. The crazy cat stared. All around the city no one waited. From across the bay the foghorn made no call. I walked. Came to a club. Something moaned inside. I went in. There were smoke signals. Whiskey. […]
CineFile: Let There Be Light
. I wish I’d had this for Veterans Day, but the following day nor any day is too late to view it. Let There Be Light was the last of three films made by John Huston for the Army Signal Corp during and just after World War II. Because of its frank, documentary record of […]
How We Lived on It (44) – Unravel
. Today is the birthday of my Jewel, from whom, for a while, I was apart. Related articles The Privilege of Being Here (sadredearth.com) Born on This Day (sadredearth.com) Jazz Is: 31 – Freedom Day (sadredearth.com) How We Lived on It (38) – Amen, Brother (sadredearth.com) How We Lived on It (37) – “Knoxville: Summer […]