To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass - seeing things in such a narrow and darkly narcissistic way that it presents a colo-rectal theology, offering hope to no one.

“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start s…”

“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and …”

“….but at the same time, they got a miracle. It wasn’t the kind that comes on a …”

“Life is like a recycling center, where all the concerns and dramas of humankind…”