Category Archives: Documentary

Too young! Dear Alisa – too young!

This morning, as I waited for coffee to brew, I read the following heartfelt words, written by my daughter, Tanya: “Farewell my sweetest, my dearest friend. Farewell, my inspiration, my muse, my confidante….all my love, Alisa. May your new travels be incredible and limitless. I already miss you so much.” beautifully expressing deep love, and […]

The road I live on

Within a 4 mile stretch of Mequon Road (WI Hwy 167) you can find 4 Synagogues, Catholic, Lutheran, and Methodist churches and schools, the local public high school, fine dining, a sub shop, Cherry Berry frozen yogurt or Culvers frozen custard, designer clothing, designer shoes, kayaks and other sporting goods, 2 country clubs, 3 banks, […]

What are friends for?

Wendell Berry wrote, “Lovers must not, like usurers, live for themselves alone. They must finally turn from their gaze at one another back toward the community. If they had only themselves to consider, lovers would not need to marry, but they must think of others and of other things. They say their vows to the community as […]

Back to the wabi-sabi of it all…

Here are two passages from Juniper that summarize wabi-sabi: The term wabi-sabi suggests such qualities as impermanence, humility, asymmetry, and imperfection. These underlying principles are diametrically opposed to those of their Western counterparts, whose values are rooted in the Hellenic worldview that values permanence, grandeur, symmetry, and perfection. … Wabi-sabi is an intuitive appreciation of a […]