Wallace Stevens

from "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven"

So lewd spring comes from winter's chastity.
So, after summer, in the autumn air,
Comes the cold volume of forgotten ghosts,

But soothingly, with pleasant instruments,
So that this cold, a children's tale of ice,
Seems like a sheen of heat romanticized.

Things that have happened

A few things that have happened
since January 2004

1. New pope! And I can think of at least one Jesuit who had a conniption.

2. The Archbishop of Boston was elevated to the College of Cardinals.

3. One of Boston's best priests -- an Oblate of the Virgin Mary -- was relocated to Denver.

4. My friend Heather had a baby girl!

5. I've stopped attempting to write poetry. I haven't had the urge to perpetrate verse for three years.

6. I moved to scenic Chelsea, Massachusetts. (That "scenic" is a bit of a joke.)

TV ad

my current favorite TV commercial

swimming
soccer
ballet
oboe

and last but not least ...

KARATE!