Will Rogers was born on this day in 1879… Had a few things to say worth hearing even yet… Read more
Will Rogers was born on this day in 1879… Had a few things to say worth hearing even yet… Read more
On this day in 1883 Charles Bowles, better known in some circles as Black Bart, was wounded while trying to rob a stagecoach. He fled leaving his eyeglasses and a handkerchief with a laundry mark on it. Wells Fargo detectives used these bits of evidence to trace the notorious bandit and poet. Black Bart spent four years in prison after which he disappeared into the mists… He was a figure of myth in my California childhood, there was even a... Read more
I’m very much looking forward to seeing Anonymous. It’s getting some pretty good reviews. Now, I just don’t have the conspiracy gene that leads so many to look for hidden meanings and real stories behind stories – in our times so dreary and so often banal. At the same time I love that people just can’t accept that upstart crow that middle class man of middle class values could possibly have written the plays. Cut, to my heart, from the... Read more
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A blessed and joyous All Hallows to all who care for contemporary or ancient versions. The fabric between the living and the dead is particularly thin today. Enjoy that dance of mystery Serious or silly… Read more
Just a small head’s up. I will be moving my Monkey Mind blog from blogger to the religious portal Patheos. Soon. Possibly as early as tomorrow… And where is this I’m going? Who are they? You may ask. Their logo reads “seek” and “understand.” Works for me. The name Patheos is a somewhat clumsy, to my mind, portmanteau, combining “path” and “theos.” I think of them as an upstart hoping to take on Beliefnet, although I think they see their... Read more
Saving Ghosts: A Halloween Meditation James Ishmael Ford I recall a few years ago going with Jan and some friends to an event in support of the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry up in Boston, taking us out on a rare evening visit to the city’s downtown. It was, also, downtown on a Halloween weekend. Like this weekend. We parked about three blocks from where we were going. And as we walked along it was obvious magic was in the air.... Read more
David Joseph Coady Seizan Yushin, Blue Mountain, Courageous Spirit A Eulogy James Myoun Ford, Osho Delivered on the 29th October 2011 at the United First Parish Church (Unitarian) The Church of the Presidents Quincy, Massachusetts Francis, Frank Coady was born in Dorchester, on the 24th of July, 1935. His family was all immigrant Irish. His father worked for the post office, his mom did domestic work. While in High School Frank originally trained to do offset printing, but instead found... Read more
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