Author Archives: Jack

The title of this post is actually a line from a comedy record album form the 1970s. In context, it has nothing to do with what we are exploring, but the line has always stayed with me. I have enjoyed … Continue reading →

I have been reflecting on the fact that there have not been many posts in the last couple of weeks. There could be lots of reasons; for instance, perhaps its especially nice weather where you live, and you’ve been away … Continue reading →

I’m borrowing this phrase from Michael’s post. It relates to my previous post, about the difficulty of finding movement in time. Let me connect that to our Sunday phone calls. When most of the phone calls go by with me … Continue reading →

This post is really in response to Diana’s post and Michael’s comment on it, but I am posting it separately in accord with requests I’ve had in the past to put my comments more in the foreground. Like Michael, I … Continue reading →

Diana writes about the little cracks of space that open around labeling. And that is how it is for people, mostly. Something that you have never noticed, or never stopped to question, or accepted at face value, becomes open to … Continue reading →

Whoops! I let that last post get rather long. Here is another. Louise, this is a very personal situation, so I don’t have much to say. Does it look different if you look in terms of stories? Yours? His? Your … Continue reading →

David writes, “I am so and so, and . . . I [must] behave like him.” That’s indeed how we make sense of our lives. I remember a line spoken by a character in a short story by Lionel Trilling, … Continue reading →

It’s very nice to see all the activity these last few days, and to see the vigor with which you are pursuing inquiry. Reaching back to what’s been posted since my last post, here are some comments: Christopher, I’m glad … Continue reading →

Karin writes about the thoughts that get us going in the morning, “warming up for the day life.” This seems right to me, though people will react differently. Sometimes it seems to me we wake and we are already in … Continue reading →

I  have been meaning to suggest an exercise for the week, and now I have received a request to do so that stimulates me to act. But I want to start in a very ‘casual’ way. At the start of … Continue reading →