on Creation and all living things

The Rock Cafe

When the news came last week that the Rock Cafe in Stroud, Oklahoma had burned it felt as someone had punched me in the stomach. Shock and sadness. I have no financial interest in the Rock. Haven’t lived near it for years and probably won’t get back to see it if it’s rebuilt.
But these realities [...]

Experiencing Chicago

I spent most of today experiencing Chicago as part of a city scan looking at reinvention. The idea was to get perspective on how reinvention has been carried out successfully and how it has made a difference to people.
It was a fascinating, extraordinarily enlightening experience.
With two colleagues I visited Millennium Park. It’s an environment that [...]

Art Out of Misery

From Allison:
Out of misery comes an artistic sense of humor.
A PALESTINIAN ARTIST AND THE WALL ….
تشكيلي فلسطيني يبدع في الرسم على الجدارفنان بإسرائيلالعازل

Autumn Light

The light says autumn has arrived, even if the calendar doesn’t agree. This is my favorite time of the year not only because of temperature, but also because it’s the season of golden light. The shadows fall longer and the rising sun moves from east northeast to a more direct easterly position.
This moon flower leaf [...]