by Warren Gaston | Jul 16, 2024
In modern life, it is hard not to do two things at the same time, at least two, maybe more. Doing one thing takes concentration and doing one thing well takes practiced skill.
by Warren Gaston | Jul 8, 2024
On my patio, a fly and I are reading Federico Garcia Lorca. My eyes lift words from the page. The fly lands, walks among letters, commas, puzzles at a question mark, trips over four syllable words, walks, not reads, between lines. The fly knows neither the word aqua...
by Warren Gaston | Jul 4, 2024
Today, July 4, 2024, we sing the birthday song to our “sweet land of liberty.” The birthday present we gifted ourselves is a fundamental crisis. I say ‘gifted’ because on each birth anniversary we need to remember the labor pains of our national birth....
by Warren Gaston | Jun 30, 2024
The wrong way to pray. Before God, to put yourself before God.
by Warren Gaston | Jun 29, 2024
What do I need from this day? Enough true night to inure me against false suns.
by Warren Gaston | Jun 26, 2024
The twentieth century, famous for accomplishing both industrialized mass murder and industrialized convenience
