Exploring: Türkiye

Happy Sunday! I’m guessing you might ask, why Turkey — for Thanksgiving? Some might think the conception is obvious, to the above. I went there first in 2005 — learning something about the opening connections in Istanbul. I studied Islamic art in the...

Istanbul: concepts of radiance

Good morning. I’ve been here for several days. And the time is so rich, so contemplatively powerful, it’s difficult to gather it all. I’d like to write more about some of the individual meditations: time will tell. One thing that shines, in exploring...

Not to be swayed, even by prayer…

inexorable \in-EK-sur-uh-bul; in-EKS-ruh-bul\, adjective: Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless. Inexorable comes from Latin inexorabilis, from in-, “not” + exorabilis,...

Not to be swayed, even by prayer…

inexorable \in-EK-sur-uh-bul; in-EKS-ruh-bul\, adjective: Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless. Inexorable comes from Latin inexorabilis, from in-, “not” + exorabilis,...

Deep Blue

  THE DEEP BLUE all night, rain ran and fore, afternoon storm, kept coming so dark, at 2.oo pm the sun was gone, neath the roiling sky and this morning, it never came, except for the deep blue… light was out there, but only shown, in the deep blue, seen. never...