by Tim Girvin | Jan 16, 2007 | Diary
it is about that, remembering. you look back, to what has been, to see more of what is, and finally, what shall be. —— Some might’ve spent the day focused on the recollections of MLK. Others: recalling other things. I thought about my brother, Matt....
by Tim Girvin | Apr 11, 2009 | Diary
Getting to the soul of things. What is a thing? I’ve wondered about that. A thing. thing O.E. þing “meeting, assembly,” later “entity, being, matter” (subject of deliberation in an assembly), also “act, deed, event, material...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 11, 1999 | Writings
When I was young I aspired to be a falconer. I had an opportunity to handle predatory birds for the Falconry Association where I grew up. My bird was a Peregrine Falcon-then on the Endangered Species list, a bird, at that time, which was the rarest of the rare....
by Tim Girvin | Nov 10, 2008 | Diary
Sometimes, the work of the weekend is complex enough, with writing, drawing and research — prepping and creating projects — that there’s no time for anything else. But, being on the island this weekend, I’d found that a remarkably balanced...
by Tim Girvin | Jan 16, 2025 | Diary
Everyone has a powerful connection to their mothers. My mother, Lila Lee Shaw Girvin died this past week. And it called into contemplation all of the things that one thinks about in death—of anyone near. You’re thinking, “they were here, now they’re gone....
