Ing | August 5, 2010
We’ve been watching the Star Wars saga here at the domicile de Ing. It’s the kids’ first encounter not only with the original trilogy, but also the second (inferior) set. It’s been a decade since I last saw the movies, so they’re kind of new to me, too. It’s been a real kick watching the [...]
Ing | July 24, 2010
By chance tonight, I read these two poems one after the other, randomly leafing through a little book (”30 Timeless Poems”) I found on the Young Lad’s nightstand.
—————
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
Emily Dickinson, “A Word Is Dead”
—————
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me [...]