17 Apr 2013 06:02
31 Mar 2013 08:01
31 Mar 2013 07:57
Those of you who know me, know I am almost the antithesis of Christianity, but you also know that I appreciate good music, whatever it's source or inspiration. This song is one of my favorite pieces. I think it fitting that it is performed here by Kings College Choir, an Episcopal church, when it was penned by Charles Wesley, a Methodist.
30 Mar 2013 16:46
“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks … the work for which all other work is but preparation.” Ranier Maria Rilke
22 Feb 2013 13:56
We’re #1! In locking our citizens up; in obesity; in energy use per person; in small arms exports; in per capita health expenditures; in student loan debt.
We’re #1! In oil consumption; in gun ownership; in breast augmentation; in death by violence; in anxiety disorders.
We’re #1! In military spending, spending more than the next twenty largest military spenders combined.
We’re #1! The US corporate media gives more time and coverage to climate deniers than any other country. (Email message from Common Dreams)
20 Feb 2013 06:59
Happy birthday to Russel Kraus. For those of you who don't know who he was, he wrote the book for many musicals. (Musicals have three writers: one writes the music; one writes the lyrics; and one writes the script,which is called "the book").
14 Feb 2013 15:26
Good relationships don't just happen on Valentine's Day, or anniversaries, or birthdays, or any other "special" day. Good relationships are something to be cherished and worked on to keep every day.
26 Jan 2013 11:37
“Ultimately, the artist and the revolutionary function as they function, and pay whatever dues they must pay behind it because they are both possessed by a vision, and they do not so much follow this vision as find themselves driven by it,” wrote James Baldwin. “Otherwise, they could never endure, much less embrace, the lives they are compelled to lead.”
25 Jan 2013 06:56
Happy birthday, Somerset Maugham.
19 Jan 2013 10:05
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. George Orwell
And I would suggest it is incumbent on us as Lush readers and writers to be on the cutting edge of that improvement.
18 Jan 2013 14:41
Happy birthday, A.A. Milne
12 Jan 2013 08:50
“Instant access to information does not mean instant access to knowledge, much less wisdom. In the past, information was integrated with experience. Today, it is integrated with emotion." Christopher Hill, (US Ambassador to Iraq 2009-2010)
08 Jan 2013 18:52
I heard a great statement today: "Americans do not like complications. They like simple problems, and simple, yes or no answers and one-line solutions to their problems. But problems, especially social and economic ones, don't work that way; they all have many facets, and complications."