Titanic Post

Liberty and democracy are not spectator sports! Be an active citizen … defend your civil rights!

Nicholson

It is my curse that I have to mess things up to make my life more interesting. Hence this site has yet another look and has returned to its original name.

Note: I have changed it again 7/08

This post was included in a comment made by Denise Lang to a post from May 19.2006 titled A Fransican Benediction.

I asked for strength that I might achieve; I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health that I might do greater things; I was given infirmity that I might do better things. I asked for riches that I might be happy; I was given poverty that I might be wise. I asked for power that I might have the praise of men; I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God. I asked for all things that I might enjoy life; I was given life that I might enjoy all things. I got nothing that I had asked for, but everything that I had hoped for. Almost despite myself my unspoken prayers were answered; I am, among all men, most richly blessed.

Thank you Denise!

7 July 2004:
Yesterday I strolled through Frankfurt and Sachsenhausen letting memories guide me through the streets. Starting in Sachsenhausen, across the Main River from Frankfurt, I walked by Karin’s old apartment building, where memories seemed the strongest. Karin and I had been very close for about four years. I rang her door-bell, but no one answered [we did get a chance to meet several days later.] I went by the old bicycle shop, I forgot its name, where I used to buy tire patches and handlebar tape. The shop was no longer there, a victim of larger, more efficient business practices. At home in New Mexico, I have an old black and white photo I made of the inside of the shop. The owner let me photograph the shop where sales and repairs were all performed in one dark and cluttered small room. I think he still had parts for bikes from the Kaiser Wilhelms era. (more…)