Fat Tuesday

Mardi Gras Masks and Beads, originally uploaded by biskuit. It seems a kind of cheating to celebrate Mardi Gras when I have no intention of giving up anything for Lent. Early in the evening I officially commemorated the holiday with a Sazerac cocktail — a classic drink of New Orleans. I listened to Madeleine Peyroux …

An antidote to a pervasive sense of death

Two thousand eight has started well for me, as years go. Lots of work to do — interesting work too. I’ve a least little time each week to spend with family and friends, the weather has been mellow, I’m feeling healthy…. Things are good. Yet I keep feeling that I’m surrounded by images of death. …