Daniel Cleary was born in Tipperary Town, Ireland and grew up there, and lived for a few years in London, England, before moving to Chicago in 1968. His first passion was painting, but he always loved poetry; “though I never considered myself a writer.” He has two books: The Green Ribbon (Wyndham Hall Press) and Elegy for James Gerard and Other Poems for the Larger Voice (Fractal Edge Press). If you’d like to see Daniel’s paintings, check out his website. I … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Yes, let’s
Happy June 29th –hope your summer is going well so far. Here in Chicago I know it’s summer because the weeds are taking off and the skeeters are back. And it’s the season of the Cancer birthdays. Meanwhile this must be a bumper crop year for the cottonwood trees because the infernal cotton is still blowing around. My friend Rochelle Distelheim (whose story "The Kiss-Me-Quick" appeared here in January) has a story "Talking About the Tango" posted June 25, 2014 in Ascent, … [Read more...]
Slice of Solace: Seth Godin
“But it is possible to become important to a very-small everyone, to a connected tribe that cares about this voice or that story or this particular point of view. It's still possible to become meaningful, meaningful if you don't get short-term greedy about any particular moment of mass, betting on the long run instead.” By Seth Godin is his June 18, 2014 post “In Search of Meaningful” … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Po-Phos?
I don't know if po-phos is a term, but it's what I'm calling these, which feature a visual image paired with text. Thanks for indulging me. Pick up the pieces and bloom again What we need- roots and wings … [Read more...]
Thomas G. Fiffer: Finding my resolve
Finding my resolve “Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” – Joan Didion When I first learned I was infertile in the spring of 1996, I thought I could handle it. After all, I had been through tragedy before and come out whole. Tragedy was no stranger to my family. When I was two, my oldest brother had been partially paralyzed in a high-school wrestling accident. Later, he went to Yale and the University of Chicago Law School, onto a successful career and … [Read more...]