MK: Well, the great song writers will not be worrying about me as competition, but it's fun to play with lyrics. A Country Song for Every Country Girl Lyrics by Michael Kroth Here’s a lover’s tune for every country girl who never had her name in any country song. Here’s for every single … Continue reading A Country Song for Every Country Girl
Professor Keating surely pushed the boundaries at Welton Academy, didn’t he? We all know this story, don’t we? It’s fictional, found in the movie The Dead Poet’s Society, but in it we see the courage of teachers who will simply not be confined to soul-sucking constraints, mustn’t we?. Welton is conservative, it’s a … Continue reading Breaking the Rules (Written or Otherwise): Dead Poet’s Society Re-Viewed
I came of age in the late 60's/early 70's. So it is crazy to me, with war, wealth, and warming - the three W's - such prominent issues that we don't have more than a smattering of protest - art, music, theater - and little yet that has captured the nation's attention. Bob Dylan has … Continue reading And The Mountains Will Be Barren
This is a copy of the workshop overheads I used for a workshop I facilitated this week about Grateful Living. I love to facilitate these for a number of reasons, one of which is that it reminds me of the many, many things I have to be grateful for. Wishing everyone a wonderful time of … Continue reading Grateful Living Workshop
"We are here to abet creation and to witness it, to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we notice not only each mountain shadow and each stone on the beach, but we notice each other's beautiful face and complex nature so that creation need not play to an empty house" (emphasis added) … Continue reading Creation Has No Understudy
Hayride. Grandparents’ farm. Kansas. Fall. Hot? Maybe still, during the heat of day but cool, crisp-as-astringent this night. Smell of hay. Tractor, not horse, pulling. Going from farm to farm to farm. P/u kids. Yes, the fall air is sharp. A blanket welcome. Stars are huge all over the sky. City life in Wichita never … Continue reading Hayride
(Sometimes we here at The Profound Bartender share some material that is not original, but that we think folks might find interesting or useful. This is an essay I wrote from the Profound Living site. I hope you find it thought provoking and worth a scan.) The Arrogance of a Little Knowledge
"No moment is trivial since each one contains a divine kingdom and heavenly sustenance." Jean Pierre de Caussade, The Sacrament of the Present Moment, p. 79 Pas pause for paws but, to be fair, so do Grandpas and Grandmas and Mas. What is not always clear, however, is how "paused" paused really is. If a … Continue reading Pas Pause for Paws
“The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.” ~Margaret Storm Jameson, "Word of the Day" in Facebook by The Network of Grateful Living, 9-18-18 Yesterday, my friend Vince and I went on a short hike at the Shafer Butte Trail just outside Boise. We took a right … Continue reading Quotidian-ness
"They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot" ~Performed by Joni Mitchell This summer, I got the disconcerting news that I was just a scootch away from getting diabetes. “Pre-diabetic” I believe is the term but, regardless, it got my attention. Again. I’d heard this off and on over the years as my weight … Continue reading Padding Across The Parking Lot – Part Two
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