I was able to hold my two week old great-niece today, without contracting any baby fever type urges to have another of my own. There is great satisfaction in seeing that torch passed along to younger generations, and I felt most content to bask in the sweetness of their rosy, shy delight over the humor…
Tag: No makeup
A habitually happy face can end up functioning as an unsociable mask.
I recently had a visceral epiphany about my tendency to compose my face into a default smile. It is an autopilot expression the habit of which dates far back to my teenage years, wherein I picked up the affectation of dimpling from a book, and most likely utilized the charm as a preventative to…
Hardness of heart is an abomination to the cultivation of soul.
We are moving house soon. In the midst of packing and envisioned arrangements, the privilege of such preoccupations takes my breath away. Often, the mundane attending to everyday tasks of family life will unexpectedly elicit a sweeping sense of heartbreak when consciousness seizes upon the fact and fates of the many families and children in…
When the pattern of progress requires dehumanization, it could be disrupted through basic actions of human survival.
I was thinking the other day about the Badlands being appointed as reservation land, and how the tribes were sent there to reside because the place appeared devoid of most discernible life and was therefore deemed suitably worthless. Traditionally sacred and suited to prayer and meditation, those rocks were not sites for the bodily sustenance…
momentous
Growing up in poverty seems to have warped how I relate to ambition and security. Now 5 years on since I’ve attained my doctorate, I still am without the steady, long term employment the picturing of which did much to motivate my pursuit of an advanced education. Deep picture memories of our belongings on the…
Insight/Outfit of the Day 