I went to a study group the other night on Rudolf Steiner’s Education as a Force for Social Change and for those who don’t know Steiner called his philosophy spiritual science. This may come as an oxymoron for some, but it doesn’t for me. I often describe myself as a secular Jew, but only a few people really get what I mean. I was listening to a Bill Moyers podcast on my bike ride out…
I strolled through the park this morning with the dogs and was listening to a Bill Moyers’ podcast where he was interviewing Michael Pollan. First, this is a biased statement I LOVE MICHAEL POLLAN. Okay, now that I’ve informed you of my bias, I’ll point you to the open letter to the President that Pollan took out when Obama was elected. Perhaps one of the best pieces of writing the New York Times has ever…
Bill Moyers came along on another walk with me today, this time he was interviewing W. S. Merwin and it was so mesmerizing that I walked double the length of our normal stretch through City Park. Listening to Merwin read this poem made tears spring to my eyes for both my mom and my dad: Listen to him here or read below: Yesterday My friend says I was not a good son you understand I…
About that post that was circulating about life isn’t fair, well it should be. I was walking through the park this morning and listening to Bill Moyers interviewing Anna Deavere Smith about her play she does called Let Me Down Easy where she channels 20 characters from around America and this one about a Charity Hospital doctor during the Federal Flood just hit me like an arrow through the heart.