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Madison Myers Mural in Chattanooga  Well, I pulled the trigger! I was in communication with Princeton University Press who is the entity that has published most of the translated to English from Danish of Soren Kierkegaard's Writings. The rep let me know that if I waited until this week, I'd get a half-off of list price of his books plus free shipping. Christmas in June! So, I should be in possession soon enough of 24 additional books of Soren's, on top of the ones I already own. I wanted paperback books (less expensive than hardcover of course) and no e-books. My process of reading is quite visceral and even masticatory. I underline with pen, circle, make notes, and essential ruin the book for resale. So, when I die, my estate can create a funeral pyre of Soren's books, lay my dead 6' 8" corpse upon the heaping pile, pour some Wild Turkey 104 Proof Bourbon upon the pyre, and throw a lit Ashton Cigar upon it all and have a party. Not quite as dramatic as Hunter...

                     A grandmother who kindly helped kids in school and served in her church?  A sister whose brother was fighting leukemia (like the family hasn't suffered enough?). And the other victims. Really, these are your sworn enemies?    I was going to do a dedicated Bierkergaard Podcast on the Buffalo mass assassination tragedy. By a deranged 18 year old white boy fucker. Yes, he is a fucker. Let's cut out the niceties here. But, I decided that a blog post was a better venue to air my thoughts, although I did talk yesterday about it briefly in the context of how tragedy makes joy so very difficult. It is said that Jesus endured the Cross for the joy set before him. Endure, that is sometimes all that can be done.   But, we are complicit if we don't a take deep look at what happened and make the hard choices to address such events, rather than turn away. That is not acceptable. Their blood cries out from ...

 

  I am back! From the dead or at least a long sleep. Winter hibernation and then some... Great News! I have created a podcast titled Bierkergaard: The Writings of Soren Kierkergaard.   It is on major podcast platforms here below: Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/ podcast/bierkergaard-the- writings-of-soren-kierkegaard/ id1613261340    Google:  https://podcasts.google.com?fe ed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8 4ODNiMDc2Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw% 3D%3D&episode=MzE2NDI4YzAtOTRl Yy00MzM0LThhNjYtOWI0NzQ2Yjk2ZW Q5 Anchor:  https://anchor.fm/bierkergaard Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/episo de/1KBxc880AeA3H8k5lcmCqL?si=J XgDDOx5SoyrR2qR5D11FQ In some cases it may take you to a specific episode vs. the podcast page. I am still learning the tech and yesterday I had my first guest, Tom Becker, from the Row House Forum here in Lancaster.  Listen to my podcast with him. It was both fun and insightful. Tom and I go back about 25 years. The other episodes...

I am aware that I have been quite lax on blogging. I am more in a consuming mode right now in terms of theology and philosophy. This is not a permanent hiatus. Just for a season. Hopefully, COVID will let up at some point soon so that we can get back to living non-truncated lives. In the meantime, continue to explore the consolations of philosophy and theology, which are legit responses to harder times. When life is easy, we get lazy. When it is difficult, we are forced to stop and consider. Have a great start to 2022!  

  As I mentioned in my last blog, I have taken up the game of disc golf and this was not something I saw in my future as I decided to retire last June 2021. Was not a life goal. I instead envisioned travel in both the U.S. and Internationally, drinking great coffee and craft beer, in interesting locales, and hearing peoples' stories and telling a few of my own. A focus on outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain biking, and kayaking, were planned as an accompaniment.  Well, it hasn't quite turned out that way, at least not yet. Instead, I have been tethered locally due to a family member's medical issues and also (not related) COVID. So, I have been grounded. And as my near future and perhaps more long-term came into focus, I had to look around to see what I could put my hand to so to speak and disc golf came to the fore.  Although I'd love to mountain bike more, I have calculated that about once a week is all I can risk. The more I mountain bike, the greater likelih...

One would think we the extra time obtained from retirement that I'd become the Mad Writer, pounding out words feverishly to fill the now gaping abyss of time and task. Just the opposite.  Although I am listening to several hours of podcasts daily and reading to some degree, I am finding that I am enjoying not having to produce anything. I am in the receiving mode and a decent amount of the receiving is rest and recreation. I have taken like a fiend to disc golf and am presently exploring and playing all of the courses nearby and even some a bit far away. I occasionally meet others to throw with, either intentionally with friends, or incidentally with strangers who just happen to be at the course also.  I admit that I am not changing the world, even a little. Instead, I am in avoidance mode. I have laid down my work weapons and picked up discs. I tried to have a big impact on education and our culture in the past and instead of becoming a supernova of sorts, I cratered. No need...