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Ripple in still water, When there is no pebble tossed, Nor wind to blow. Reach out your hand if your cup be empty, If your cup is full may it be again, Let it be known there is a fountain, That was…

“Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me, Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me, What a long, strange trip it’s been.” ~ “Truckin’” As the Grateful Dead celebrate their 50 th…

Jerry Garcia said once that he didn’t care much for the Western God—but that didn’t stop him from creating a religion of his own, complete with “ tie dye, skulls, and swirling skirts.” But just how…

Till the morning comes, it’ll do you fine. Till the morning comes, like a highway sign, Showing you the way, leaving no doubt, Of the way on in or the way back out. ~ “Till the Morning Comes” A long…

“There’s a question I can’t answer: is there anyone like the Grateful Dead? It’s an amazing, amazing group. I’d like to give credit where credit is due, one of the ushers, before, wrapped it all up…

She’s got everything delightful, she’s got everything I need, A breeze in the pines and the sun and bright moonlight, lazing in the sunshine yes indeed. ~ “Sugar Magnolia” My childhood home was…

“I lit out from Reno I was trailed by 20 hounds, Didn’t get to sleep that night till the morning came around. Set out running but I take my time, A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine. If I get…

Look out of any window any morning, any evening, any day Maybe the sun is shining birds are winging or rain is falling from a heavy sky - What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through…

In his 1967 book Israel: An Echo of Eternity, Abraham Joshua Heschel refers to “the jungle of history.” An interesting locution, and apt. A jungle is a place where things seem to co-exist against all…

The cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter is well known for his pioneering work on artificial intelligence, his brilliant writing about language and identity, and for his classic, Pulitzer Prize…