If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in some way.

I have known this quote forever, it seems. I read it first in the early-mid seventies when I was searching for the truth that I wanted but could not find. My eyes were dim and I could not see. I had no basic truths. Maybe one…”Keep your head down!”. That worked but not in every … More If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in some way.

Caedmon by Levertov

Where web surfing took me. Caedmon was a young holy man in Middle age England. He is the first recorded English poet. What an education Wiki gives, for free. (I donate to Wikipedia regularly.)

Surviving on Mars

SURVIVING ON THE RED PLANET That time of day when the sun lowers itself into The few degrees of arc left to us earthlings, The wind from the south is playing games This day the first of December, It is 3:58 p.m. The alien scene is both terrible and amusing, Depending on your knowledge and … More Surviving on Mars