Rami Ammoun, Downtown LA at Sunrise The lights are going out in Los Angeles, USA, And, my God, I am afraid of what the night will bring. May my fear be an overreaction. May I wake to find that this past decade of bad news has all been a bad dream. But I know that I am awake, And I know that Los Angeles, USA is no better suited to resist empire Than were Beijing, China — or Munich, Germany — or Nazareth, Galilee. In tanks or on horseback, With machine guns or swords, Empire ra

Reflections on Nature's slow, unhurried pace.

Listening to my life for moments of grace and beauty.

Musings on the landscape of grief and life.

Where once the sea storms raged, a massive desert now silently grows; and other metaphors on life.

Contemplating God, mortality, and seventh grade science.

A Christmas reflection.