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28.8.20

Journal & Rant: That Time I Joined a Pick-Up Basketball Game at Rainey Park in Queens

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In this post, we talk about a local pick-up game of basketball at Rainey Park in Queens. I don't play basketball. I don't play any s...
13.8.20

Photographs: Red Mask, Red Flowers, Pedestrians in Queens

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Taking a walk in Jackson Heights, Queens I notice shades of red. Found these in my camera roll and I'm surprised by the shades of red fo...
18.7.20

Reflecting On Being A Teen Reader: A Literacy Autobiography

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Thinking back on who I was as a teen reader puts into focus why adolescents need to develop steady habits of reading. A Photograph of the Au...
11.7.20

Feast of Saint Benedict — Photos of Work and Community from My Time as a Benedictine Monk (c. 2004)

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Today is the feast day of Saint Benedict of Nursia, famous cenobite who, 1,500 years ago, carved out a rule for people to live together in c...
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2.7.20

Feeling Sentimental About Living in New York for Ten Years: A Journal & Rant (Writer's Diary #3209)

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Spilling out of the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street Station, it feels like I am in Queen's version of Times Square. View of the 74th Street...
1.7.20

Students Are Off for Summer But Teachers Are Busy Working (Am I Right?)

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Dear Followers, Teachers, Lovers, Learners, and Philosophy Sprinkles Makers! Summertime Means Busy-time for Educators (Am I Right?) Bird'...
17.6.20

Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" Is As Relevant Today As It Was in 1955 (When It Was First Published)

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There are a few short stories I keep coming back to in my life. I first read Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find&qu...