…  Joseph Ceravolo —  Stars of the Trees and Ponds .

…  The Poetry of Reality | Commonweal Magazine . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) When I was a child, the two most intolerable aspects of my life (or t...

…  Veridical - Word Daily .

…  Animals Are Dying in Droves. What Are They Telling Us? | The New Republic . The numbers are as bleak as the  footage : More than  3,400  ...

…  reconsideration : Ceremony marks official beginning of second attempt .

…  Science Detects 'Surge of Consciousness' at Death | Newsmax.com .

…  Paul Davis On Crime: A Look Back At William F. Buckley's Spy Thrillers .

 …  Homer  From Homer’s ‘Odyssey,’  Book I .

…  Tucker Carlson was my guilty pleasure - The Spectator World . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Allow me to come clean. After force-feeding myself ea...

…  Paul Davis On Crime: A Look Back At Ed McBain's 87th Precinct Film 'Fuzz ' .

…  Top Shots: Compelling Images From Our Region . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  Janet Waking by John Crowe Ransom | Poetry Foundation . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

…  reconsideration : Tale of aging Cuban fisherman lands the big one in 1953 .

…  Clepsydra | Word Genius .

… Why Tucker Carlson Had To Be Purged - LewRockwell . ‘The media,’ Tucker recently  said , ‘are part of the control apparatus…not only are t...

…  ( 10) On targeting a university president for the thoughtcrime of questioning how well mRNA shots work . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) The good n...

… Virtual Memories: Episode 537 – John Wray .

…   reconsideration : Senate begins hearings into the dismissal of Army general .

…  Umbriferous | Word Genius .

…   ( 10) Radix Omnium Malorum - by William F. Vallicella . A wise and beautiful lady I know asked me tonight why I worried, since I pray.

…  reconsideration : Dick Clark survives infamous Payola scandal in 1960 .

…  Gordon Lightfoot: Canadian singer-songwriter dies at 84 | CNN . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Quaquaversal - Word Daily .

…  Reporting the snooze: When did journalists become so boring?

…  reconsideration : Wisconsin town is site of Communist coup and takeover .

 …  James Schuyler  Going .

…  Cineaste - Word Daily .

… On a Rain Barrel by James Matthew Wilson.

…  reconsideration : Somehow I missed seeing this astronomical event in 1957 .

What is philosophy for the Catholic but the way intelligence lives its faith? — Don Colacho

…  Poems on poets: A.M. Juster, ‘Houseguests’ . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Gloaming | Word Genius .

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. — Constantine P. Cavafy , bor...

…  Zealotry of Guerin: Poetry and Fiction by Christopher Guerin: Loon (John Picken), Sonnet #602 .

…  reconsideration : 1st U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast on ABC .

…  The Lamp Magazine | The Double Life of John le Carr é. ( Hat tip, Dave Lull.) No wonder this lonely man, adrift amid the chilly beauties ...

…  Frowsty - Word Daily .

…   “A Study in Scarlet” was (and is) the starting point.

…  Goodbye to Dame Edna - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics .

… ‘ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' at 80 | RealClearBooks .

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that. — ...

…  Quiescent | Word Genius . 

Much has been said and written about A Clockwork Orange  and I do not intend to wade into the debate. But I will say, having just finished t...

…  Finding the Words . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Sometimes my process of divination comes easily to me, and other times it’s effortful, but it i...

 I am not feeling well today. So blogging will be minimal.

Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good. — Ludwig Bemelmans , born on this date in 1...

 …  Gary Snyder —  Oysters .

…  The Sleeper by Walter de La Mare | Poetry Foundation . (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.) Walter de La Mare woukd have turned 150 on April 25.

…  Eleemosynary - Word Daily .

…  Retrospectives: Did 16 year old really ride 40 miles to alert colonial forces?

…   (10) The Life of Marcus Aurelius - Classical Wisdom .

…  Appassionato | Eve Tushnet . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) I get why it doesn’t work for a lot of people.  Passion  is an intensely personal visi...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aure...

…   (9) Why Am I So Happy? - by William F. Vallicella .

…  Hippodrome | Word Genius .

…   (9) Unusual Experiences and the Problems of Overbelief and Underbelief . The typical intellectual suffers from hypertrophy of the critic...

…  “Buddy delivered to me the divine gift of freedom”

As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me. — Walter de La Mare , born on this date in 1873

…  Prophet of the end of liberalism | David Herman | The Critic Magazine . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  Bedight | Word Genius .

…  Retrospectives: The library that contains such books as may be necessar y .

 My wife is still in the hospital. I may go visit her today. Right now, I am about to take my daily walk. Blogging will resume later. I just...

…  Pickwickian - Word Daily .

…  Retrospectives: Blogging about crimes (real and imagined) begins today .

…  The Notion Club Papers - an Inklings blog: Review of Inkling, Historian, Brother: A life of Warren Hamilton Lewis, by Don W King, 2022 . ...

…  Retrospectives: When Dorothy Gale arrived in Carnegie Hal l .

Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology. — Halldór Laxness , born on this date in 1903

…  Lewis Warsh —  Dreaming Over a Page .

…  Nubilous - Word Daily .

…  Retrospectives: Those were the days that we thought .would never end .

We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. — Vladimir Nabokov , born...

…  Diablerie | Word Genius .

…  2nd fiddle sworn in 9 days before America’s 1st .

…  Paul Davis On Crime: Mark Bowden, Author of "Life Sentence: The Brief And Tragic Career Of Baltimore's Deadliest Gang Leader,...

…  Retrospectives: Remembering his death and a most notable life .

…  Paul Davis On Crime: Foreign Devil: My Washington Times On Crime Column On Richard Hughes, The Far East Correspondent Who Inspired Ian Fl...

… Oops. That climate science isn't quite as settled . …  rather than adding even more thermal energy to the atmosphere, as previously th...

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. — Charlotte Brontë , born on this date in 1816

…  Anne McCarty —  Homage  to H.D.

…  Arrière-pensée - Word Daily .

…  The Yale Review | Marianne Moore: "As Has Been Said" . (Hat tip, Dave Lull,) .’

…  New Senate Report: Covid Pandemic Likely Caused by Wuhan Lab Leak   I postulated this just a few weeks into the pandemic, having been a m...

… Retrospectives: On the occasion of another small bump in the road .

Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them. — ...

…  Salmagundi - Word Daily .

…  Alfred Corn  Apartment on 22nd St .

…  Retrospectives: John Adams secures recognition of the new government .

…  Let's give our regards to Broadway . (Hat tip, Dave Lull.) Much more than escapism or diverting entertainment, the great Broadway mu...

Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy. Happiness is not a p...

…  Matronymic - Word Daily .

…  Retrospectives: Estate planning can be challenging .  I stood outside her house once. She is as true a poet as ever existed.

 … A true priest. And by the way, I am not in the least homophobic. My friend Katherine and I shared power of attorney for a gay couple and...

…  Chinese Lab Developed COVID-19 Virus, Senate Report Claims .

…  Paul Davis On Crime: A Little Humor From The Babylon Bee: .

…  Retrospectives: Listen my children, and you shall hear the whole story .

These transnationalists have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see...

…  Flibbertigibbet - Word Daily .

…  Retrospectives: Remembering the statesman, printer, scientist, and writer .

…  Don’t Defund The FBI – Change Its Leadership: My Broad + Liberty Piece On How The FBI Is Important To Maintaining Law And Order In Americ...

 …  Sandra McPherson  Night Vision .