age
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Age as Gift
“Ever you desire to appear lordly and gracious as a king of old.” – Denethor to his son Faramir (great line for men who like to look nice) There is something fascinating about aging, about the long, slow decay of your flesh. The less rejuvenated, the more interesting we become. Gray hair, saggy skin,…
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Sedimentary Layers
His name was Orville born in 1932 when his father’s hero still flew But this Orville saw the ground as pleasant enough. The layers of sediment caught his boyhood interest, finding ancient Indian arrowheads in the loaming earth. He ached for the feel of a spade as it entered the soft and easily forgiving soil…
The Numinous Cosmos 