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Fugitive Peace
I watched the film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, Fugitive Pieces today. One of the most achingly beautiful love scenes I’ve ever seen is followed, closely, by Michaela picking up Jakob’s journal, holding it, looking at it, quizzically, curiously. she seems to be asking of it, “what else might you reveal of the man I…
Beauty, Cathedrals, Purpose: The Pillars of the Earth
It wasn’t very far into Ken Follet’s, The Pillars of the Earth before I understood what might be enthralling the people who’ve been telling me I should read it. “Because it will be beautiful,” Tom the Builder answered Prior Philip. By beautiful Tom didn’t mean simply pretty, or artful. He meant that upon seeing it,…
Om Namo Bhagavate: Deva Premal ~ Tranquil Mantra
Something peaceful, tranquil, to end a day of moving forward, oh-so-slowly, but forward. Translated, this very simple mantra reads “Om, reverence to the Lord Vasudeva”.
Contact: When science learns faith…
Following is some dialog from the film Contact, a film adaptation of Carl Sagan‘s sci-fi novel of the same name. I had… an experience. I can’t prove it. I can’t even explain it. All I can tell you is that everything I know as a human being, everything I am — tells me that it…
Traveling to Los Angeles to Las Vegas
The pipeline from Los Angeles to Las Vegas is a well-traveled route for sportsbook enthusiasts, but it’s also home to some of the busiest sportsbooks in the world, thankfully bettors can now visit websites like FanDuel and place their bets from home. While a big bet can move the dollar amount in a bet across…
