What do you picture when you think of ancient Delphi in in the southern crags of Mount Parnassus in Greece? Golden haired Apollo battling the monstrous python? A devoted oracular priestess of Apollo in rapturous trance uttering cryptic prophecies? Delphi’s role as an important religious and mythological center originated long before Apollo’s glory in Greece.… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Mystical Delphi
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Vintage Friday: 13 In Love
Classic poets wrote words of love that still burn within us. To my beloved Ronnie: “Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: – you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.” E.E. Cummings “If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.” Anne… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 13 In Love
Ireland and Yeats
“Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by.” This is the famous epitaph on the grave of my favorite poet William Butler Yeats, 1856-1939. A few months ago my friends Karen and Lori visited Ireland, and part of their tour included paying homage to the great Irish poet and playwright. Knowing how… Continue reading Ireland and Yeats