visions & words

Finer Words…”Tense Present”

I received Bryan A. Garner’s new book, Nino and Me: My Unusual Friendship with Justice Antonin Scaliatoday.  As I have examined this book as I do most books I receive, I read the inside cover, the table of contents, the dedication, and the acknowledgements.  In this brief perusal, I have learned of the friendship Bryan Garner, David Foster Wallace and Justice Antonin Scalia.  Also, in this…

The silence of the empty crib,

Foretells the silence of the tomb.

Eve who came not from Adam’s rib,

Prepared each bedd with love and broom.

The former an Advent of joy

The latter an Advent of rue.

We anticipate not a toy,

But the Savior who came for you.

Who is he that the world must wait?

Who is he that fishermen mourn?

He is the one who comes tonight.

He is the one who rose this morn.

Mary come…

Spring and Fall

By Gerard Manley Hopkins

        to a young child

Márgarét, áre you gríeving

Over Goldengrove unleaving?

Leáves like the things of man, you

With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?

Ah! ás the heart grows older

It will come to such sights colder

By and by, nor spare a sigh

Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;

And yet you wíll weep and know why.

Now no matter, child, the name:

Fives gift ideas that any father would smile upon receiving:

1.  A nice fountain pen and a bottle of ink.

Three places to begin your search: Levenger, Amazon.com, Dromgoole’s.

2.  A reliable fly-fishing pole.

Take a gander at these sites to find such a rod: Orvis, L.L. Bean, Amazon.com.

3. A rugged manly journal for writing in the evening or to jot notes throughout the day.

Dig one up at Rogue…

A Place Within- St. John Paul II

The Place Within St. John Paul II My place is in You, your place is in me.  Yet it is the place of all men.  And I am not diminished by them in this place.  I am more alone—more than if there were no one else—I am alone with myself.  At the same time I am multiplied by them in the Cross which stood on this place.  This multiplying with now diminishment remains a mystery: the Cross goes against…

Discover the poetry of St. John Paul II.

  I have seen over the years a title of St. John Paul II’s poetry but never really looked for a copy.  Over Spring Break, I came across a copy of his poetry and few other books at a Half-Price Books store in Houston.  I cannot say enough about visiting and spending time in a brick and mortar book store.  I do 99% of my searches and research about authors and books beginning at Amazon.com, and end…