A post associating a T.S. Eliot quotation, a Tolkien passage, and a Gaiman episode from “American Gods” with ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota.
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T.S. Eliot, Tolkien, Gaiman, and ICE
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged American Gods, Bad Bunny, ICE, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Macbeth, Neil Gaiman, T.S. Eliot, Waste Land, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Great Trees, Apostles of the Living Light
In his book on the Transfiguration, John Gatta notes that Christ showed the God is present in all creation, not in the human part of it.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged " Transfiguration, Dante, Edwin Muir, Paradise, Sabbath, Wendell Berry Comments closed
Looking Back at a Lifetime Together
In the latest memoir installment, I look back at my marriage to Julia.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged “Here Together", "River Merchant's Wife", Ezra Pound, Marriage, W. S. Merwin Comments closed
Race Passing and Pretti’s Killers
To understand why Latino Border Patrol agents might have killed Pretti, the race passing novels of Faulkner, Roth, and Larsen are useful.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Alex Pretti, Human Stain, Light in August, Nell Larsen, Passing, Philip Roth, race passing, William Faulkner Comments closed
Bad Bunny’s Trees, Olympic Athletes
Two items: Bad Bunny’s trees compared to the Tolkien’s Ents and an Olympic skier compared to Icarus.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Conor Ryan, Donald Trump, Ents, Icarus, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Oscar Wilde Comments closed
An Ego the Size of the Universe
Zaphod Beeblebox has an ego the size of the universe in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” But is it as big as Donald J. Trump’s.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Donald Trump, Douglas Adams, Election denial, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Comments closed
Trump, a Gulliverian Midget amongst Giants
Trump complaining that the deaths of Good and Petti are “bad publicity” makes him appear as small as Gulliver in the land of the giants.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Donald Trump, Gulliver’s Travels, Immigrant deportations, Jonathan Swift Comments closed
The Sin above All Sins: Harm Thy Brethren
A Tulsidas poem that we need at the fractious moment.