Here's that follow-up I promised you:
This Is Just to Say
Erica-Lynn Gambino
(for William Carlos Williams)
I have just
asked you to
get out of my apartment
even though
you never
thought
I would
Forgive me
you were
driving
me insane
4.29.2012
4.27.2012
Day in Chattanooga
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| View from Father Baker's alma mater, McCallie School |
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| Tennessee River, left side of Moccasin Bend from Lookout Mountain |
4.24.2012
4.22.2012
Poem of the Week CXLIV
Read this, and look forward to a follow-up next week...
This Is Just to Say
William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
This Is Just to Say
William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
4.18.2012
A Great Love Affair
"It is impossible to be just to the Catholic Church. The moment men cease to pull against it they feel a tug towards it. The moment they cease to shout it down they begin to listen to it with pleasure. The moment they try to be fair to it they begin to be fond of it. But when that affection has passed a certain point it begins to take on the tragic and menacing grandeur of a great love affair."
- G.K. Chesterton
4.16.2012
A New(ish) Vocation Question
I just read a very interesting NC Register article by the ever-interesting Jennifer Fulwiler, called "Men's Real Vocations are Not Their Careers".
You ought to read the full article, but here's a short sample:
"It's a tricky situation. For the dad who is the sole source of income for his family, part of being a good father certainly involves bringing home that paycheck. He has to take his job seriously. Unfortunately, though, this idea is too often expanded to mean that men have carte blanche to put their work-related goals at the very top of their life priority lists. Their stay-at-home wives have the 'sacrificing career goals for the family' stuff covered, so they're free to pour themselves into the workplace."
I was pretty impressed, first with the delicate way she talks about a question in the Church, without really offering a condemnation, and then, with the comments people are posting in response to her article. I have read a lot of discussions on controversial blogposts lately, and I'm pretty sick of how heated things get. However, the comments seem to be really fair.
What do you think about this idea?
You ought to read the full article, but here's a short sample:
"It's a tricky situation. For the dad who is the sole source of income for his family, part of being a good father certainly involves bringing home that paycheck. He has to take his job seriously. Unfortunately, though, this idea is too often expanded to mean that men have carte blanche to put their work-related goals at the very top of their life priority lists. Their stay-at-home wives have the 'sacrificing career goals for the family' stuff covered, so they're free to pour themselves into the workplace."
I was pretty impressed, first with the delicate way she talks about a question in the Church, without really offering a condemnation, and then, with the comments people are posting in response to her article. I have read a lot of discussions on controversial blogposts lately, and I'm pretty sick of how heated things get. However, the comments seem to be really fair.
What do you think about this idea?
4.15.2012
Poem of the Week CXLIII
A childhood flashback, we used to love this book...
April
from Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months
Maurice Sendak
In April
I will go away
to far off Spain
or old Bombay
and dream about
hot soup all day.
Oh my oh once
oh my oh twice
oh my oh
chicken soup
with rice.
April
from Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months
Maurice Sendak
In April
I will go away
to far off Spain
or old Bombay
and dream about
hot soup all day.
Oh my oh once
oh my oh twice
oh my oh
chicken soup
with rice.
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