Tag: religion
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The Call Of The Loon: A 1-Year Reflection From Lake George
Summer 2025 – The sound of the loon is consistent. How many creatures have been created by your sound? When one loon starts, another answers. The call of the loon is a lonely sound, yet here there is always a response to it. Fish splash sporadically. The night sky is very open and clear; every…
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Memorial day 2026
Ww2 veteran reflection We hear about battles in World War II and think it was so long ago. It wasn’t like everyone back then was so different from us. Yet, somehow, people just shrug it off and say, “That’s just how it was then,” or “People were different,” or “Yeah, it’s just what you expected.” …
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Binnewater: An unknown chapter of American History
Article – https://www.nytimes.com/1897/05/31/archives/strange-colony-in-ulster-a-fisheating-basketmaking-tribe-whose.html The Binnewater Lakes are a chain of five small lakes near the hamlet of Binnewater in the town of Rosendale, NY. In the late 1800s, this area was mainly populated by descendants of Dutch and Palatine settlers. While the Dutch influence is well-documented, the Palatine story is one of the most impactful,…
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Crystal Radio: Invisible Order and the Age of AI
We must keep asking questions, holding the curiosity of a child without its naivety and with a full sense of sound mind. There is too much eggheadedness and preparation today. You cannot prepare for such grief; you can only rely on what you already trust. There’s an old saying that is quite true: “Everybody has…
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Eighteen Miles
The fog down by the river was thick enough to make the Headless Horseman nervous. Somewhere out on the water a foghorn groans its low and beautiful note, and a train answers from somewhere further still. I prepared for the Bible study in that fog. It was as good a place as any. Having a…
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Road to Emmaus
“Then He asked them, ‘What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?’” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged. The one named Cleopas answered him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened therefore in these days?” “What things?” he asked them. So…
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A Fragmented Story
I Went to the gas station off the Thruway for snacks. You could tell right away he didn’t belong to the rhythm of the place. Everyone else moved with purpose. Grab, pay, leave. He lingered. Talking to no one and everyone at the same time. Layers of clothing that didn’t match the weather. Hair uneven.…
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Reflections from Manheim Boulevard
I have been in New Paltz much more lately, and it is funny to think that not long ago I went down to the Carolinas with such certainty in my mind, such a definite guarantee that I would scarcely return. In my head, an entire life had been planned. An entire life had begun. It…
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Floating on broken water
The river is in pieces today. Tons of tiny icebergs that look like dirty shards of dull glass are carried in the current. Some of them hesitate near the edges and gather in the bays, catching for a moment, while the current keeps pulling the rest north. A barge comes through carrying large construction equipment.…
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The Unlosable Assignment
“I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself. I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content, whether well fed or…
Pilgrims Ponder 