http://foolishsage.com The Sacred Journey of Mark Traphagen, the Foolish Sage Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:33:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Damn me, but all things are queer, come to think of 'em. But that's againt my principles. Think not is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can is my twelfth." - Melville, Moby Dick http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/23/think-not-sleep-when-you-can/ The first time I made coffee for just myself I made too much of it But I drank it all just 'cause you hate it When I let things go to waste And I wandered through the house like a little boy lost at the mall And an astronaut could have seen the hunger in ... http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/20/too-much-coffee-too-fast-the-years/ "[Nantucket sailors are fighting Quakers; they are Quakers with a vengeance." Melville http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/17/fighting-quakers/ "A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that." Melville http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/15/all-noble-things/ "It is not down in any map; true places never are." Melville http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/15/we-consulted-maps-from-earlier-days/ My grandson Ethan's first moments with training wheels off his bike: Click image to go to video page. Makes me think of all the gracious people in my life who have stepped in as my bike helmet whenever I've taken the training wheels off. http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/11/training-wheels-and-helmets/ Friday night I finally got to my first Mountain Goats show. It was an amazing experience. My friend Mountain Goats front man John Darnielle has become my favorite song writer by a long measure, but seeing what he does with his songs live secured that place even firmer. I emphasize ... http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/09/supergenesis/ I've been reflecting today on a curious bifurcation of outcomes in seminary students after completing a significant portion of their studies. Both groups are exposed to the same body of knowledge. For one group the exposure leads to a firmer certainty and a hardening into a tradition from which they will ... http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/06/two-roads-diverged-in-a-wood/ As euphoric as I have been since 11 p.m. EST last night, a recent experience tells me I can't come close to what that moment actually meant, much as I might want to. The final night of the Democratic National Convention I went to a local theater to watch Senator Obama's ... http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/06/40-years-in-the-wilderness-is-over/ The wind has turned southward, once again, and we shall go with it. For anyone reading this who does not already know, come February 2009 Karyn and I will leave Philadelphia and move to Durham, North Carolina. Lord willin' and the creek don't rise we will be buying a house almost ... http://foolishsage.com/2008/11/02/the-journey-resumes/