by Warren Gaston | Feb 16, 2021
Who could have imagined that you, that I, that we would share earth together for this long stretch of time? What are the odds? Not 50-50 even. A million-to-one? A vast complexity of accidents gone right for the convergence of our histories to become the stories that...
by Warren Gaston | Feb 11, 2021
The narcissistic cannibal, always ravenous, is a connoisseur of himself. He has acquired quite a taste for the junk food of his thoughts. His mouth waters as he pops open the Styrofoam box of bigotry. He can’t get enough. He has no feelings but indigestible fear....
by Warren Gaston | Feb 9, 2021
A funny word: ‘enough’. Spelled funny. (wouldn’t ‘enuff’ do) There must be roots and reasons for the ‘gh’ preceded by ‘ou’. It sounds funny too, like fluff, ruff, or bluff. In a world of scarcity, there’s never enough. Where a few have too much, and many more have too...
by Warren Gaston | Feb 7, 2021
This is a brief philosophical inquiry into the meaning of being human. In order to appreciate the meaning of our human life, we must contemplate the contribution death plays in our being fully alive. Living and dying appear together and are deeply entangled. We...
by Warren Gaston | Feb 5, 2021
I hung a birdfeeder in our backyard, filled it with seed, and waited. One day. Two days. Several days, I waited. Would avian diners arrive at my modest meal? A cardinal appeared, head darting nervously between pecks of seed. In the brief introduction to his book New...
