This morning I got a preview of an epic televised special which will be airing on PBS next month. It is a topic near to my heart, not because I am a Native American, but because my life is so closely woven with those who are. One of the people I have been privileged to [...]
Archive for March, 2009
We shall remain
Posted in Ahimsa, Christian, Peace, culture, forgiveness, history, mystic, nature, travel, tagged ethnic cleansing, forgiveness, healing, Lent, Native American, PBS on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Death of the news
Posted in Web 2.0, publishing, pundits, wikinomics, tagged bloggers, blogs, Drudge, Huffington Post, News, Twitter on March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Has anyone noticed that news is dying? I don’t mean that there aren’t any stories to be covered. There are more stories now than there ever have been but those stories are being covered more and more by people like you and me. We’re blogging, tweeting, texting and in the process we’ve made the talking [...]
Inspiration
Posted in gratitude, mindfulness, nature, tagged contemplative, Genesee River, Letchworth Park, nature on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I took a drive this afternoon over to lovely Letchworth State Park. This photo of the Letchworth gorge at Inspiration Point attempted to capture the grandeur of the Genesee River gorge there. Standing there in the sun this afternoon I was filled with a profound sense of gratitude at having made it to another spring. [...]
Brennan on the moor
Posted in Spiritual, prayer, tagged Irish, St. Patrick's Day, Clancy Brothers, ethnocentrism on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Youtube video of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem brings tears to my eyes. I’m proud to be of Irish descent. My Mom raised me that way. Mom’s Irish aunts actually thought that Jesus was Irish. How’s that for ethnocentrism? Today, where I work, dozens of children and most of my co-workers are wearing [...]
Lost faith
Posted in Thomas Merton, Trappist, mystic, tagged contemplative, Thomas Merton on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Another gem from the Merton Institute.
How many people are there in the world of today who have “lost their faith” along with the vain hopes and illusions of their childhood? What they called “faith” was just one among all the other illusions. They placed all their hope in a certain sense of spiritual peace, of comfort, [...]
Blue Skies
Posted in Mt. Irenaeus, culture, mindfulness, tagged contemplative, Gardenscape, Mt. Irenaeus, Rochester on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a lovely day and I spent a lot of it on the road. Driving first to Mt. Irenaeus for Mass and then later to Rochester for GardenScape and then out for dinner with Devin and Diane. Winter in Western New York is to be endured and this one has been one of the [...]
Drupalcon
Posted in recreation, travel, tagged Drupal, Drupalcon, Open Source, US Navy on March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been at Drupalcon DC since Wednesday. I came to DC to learn as much as I could about Drupal and I have learned a great deal. I also wanted to get together with my nephew Tom who is a member of the US Navy Ceremonial Guard here in Washington. Last night after a very [...]
Devin, Kevin and Kyle
Posted in Fredonia, basketball, tagged basketball, Fredonia State, gratitude on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday afternoon I was able to witness a great basketball game between the Blue Devils of Fredonia State and the Golden Eagles of Brockport State for the championship of the State University of New York Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball division. I spent much of four seasons following Devin, Kevin and Kyle around New York, Pennsylvania [...]
