November 2026
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I have been thinking a lot these day about the concept of bandwidth and how little of it I really have. My job eats up most of it these days and has done so, I can see now, for a couple of years. Writing requires bandwidth: to read, to reflect, to scribble, to draft, to… Read more
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“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world… Read more
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Throwback Thursdays at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on February 12th, 2011. In this coldest of winters, “Those Winter Sundays” has come often to my mind. That is the way of a good poem… it returns unbidden, yet never unwelcomed. The key to Hayden’s poem… Read more
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“The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer is God.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Read more
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Throwback Thursdays at ClimbingSky feature posts I wrote over a 15 year period for various blogs. This was first posted on June 19th, 2011. Hopkins is, of course, Roman Catholic, the most Roman Catholic of all English poets. His art and vision is rooted in his theology, his language in the singularity of his position as outsider.… Read more
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Album Interplay Artist Bill Evans Year 1963 Personnel Bill Evans (piano), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Jim Hall (guitar), Percy Heath (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) Era / Style Post-Bop / Small Group Jazz / Collaborative Session Favorite Tracks When You Wish Upon a Star First Listen Reaction Strongly enjoyed the album right away and appreciated the… Read more
