"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau The Just Cause Teaching a class at an art college, we were reviewing last week's notes. Getting a lot of nodding, I was perplexed at one blank stare. When asked, this was the answer, "What? I'm just a dancer". It … Continue reading The Just Cause
Category: Profound Living
The Patchwork of Our Potential
“Every day opens and closes like a flower, noiseless, effortless. Divine peace glows on all the majestic landscape, Like the silent enthusiastic joy that sometimes transfigures a noble human face.” ~John Muir, 1988, p. 13 Let’s start with a proposition or two or three. One proposition is this, “At birth, each person is endowed with … Continue reading The Patchwork of Our Potential
My Color Blind Manifesto
I HEREBY RESOLVE, WHEN WRITING, TO NAME THE COLORS I SEE AND NOT WORRY WHETHER THEY ARE “RIGHT”! My new GPS watch lay in its beautiful packaging. It was one of the leading name brands in GPS devices, and its black, round, rugged face looked back at me, telling me to rip the box apart … Continue reading My Color Blind Manifesto
How to Watch the News
"Most of the time, you can beat a woman in an argument." Tucker Carlson How to Watch the News Here at the Profound Bartender, we take a shot every time Donald Trump tweets. Business is good. There is no doubt that since the day that Donald Trump got elected that the viewing numbers on the … Continue reading How to Watch the News
My Mom Used to Love Bluebirds
My mom used to love bluebirds, I always remember that, with love, about her. I have a little glass bluebird she kept in her windowsill. My grandparents were Kansas farmers and went every Sunday to a little Methodist church called Grandview about seven miles down the road, except for the rare Sabbath when the summer … Continue reading My Mom Used to Love Bluebirds
The Shape of Water: My Review
"Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection." Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water: My Review When Disney/Pixar released the animated film WALL-E it contained few spoken words. The noises made by the little robot delivered the message with childlike whirrs and purrs and ohs and ahs and ows. The voice actor did a fantastic … Continue reading The Shape of Water: My Review
Summer Stock Theater
Summer Stock Theater by Michael Kroth July 3rd, Deep Creek Lake, Oakland Maryland, 1974. The 20th season of the Garrett County Playhouse opens with seven shows. Lovers and Other Strangers kicks it off and yeah, it’s summer stock theater and I’m in all those shows. Just a college kid. One show is on stage, … Continue reading Summer Stock Theater
Education: The Fix
"The No Child Left Behind Act will be one of President Bush's enduring legacies. And it was engineered and inaugurated with a truly bipartisan coalition in Congress. Accountability, standards, and truly measuring student performance just makes sense. The only real debate about the law was and is whether or not it was adequately funded." Mark … Continue reading Education: The Fix
Disposable Cameras
"The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor." George Orwell Coming out of World War II, as our planet changed from making Things of War to Things of Peace, we knew that we could now feed the world. The technological advances and the huge … Continue reading Disposable Cameras
The Mouths Will Rise Again
On Saturday our neighbors moved to Arizona. A young family. The wife, husband, boy, girl, and dogs just up and left. A job opportunity for mom. Starts right away. Quick. Like that, they were gone. We live in a cul-de-sac, with an island in the middle of the circle where children play, and their house, … Continue reading The Mouths Will Rise Again
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