Posted September 30, 2018 in Uncategorized

He Not Busy Being Born

“He not busy being born is busy dying” is a line from Bob Dylan’s song, It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding). The cycle of life from birth to death has, in one way or another, been a major subject of literature in all forms. At some point (and perhaps that should be “points”) in life, […]

Posted May 31, 2015 in Uncategorized

Changes in Awareness

Charles Dickens opens A Tale of Two Cities with one of the best-known lines in all of English literature:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of […]