God My Grith

This quote is from the anthology of George MacDonald quotes compiled by C. S. Lewis.  It addresses my tendency to procrastinate on tasks, even when I should just to do the next thing and get on with it.  Sometimes I procrastinate because I am a perfectionist — I want to do a thorough job or [...]

Language has words that point to the incapabilities of language: indescribable, inexpressible, ineffable. The incapabilities of earthly language, that is. What is there outside of earth, outside of this miniscule planet with its myriad inadequate languages? Is there any word that captures the extent of the universe, and goes beyond it to inifinity? Is infini […]

In reading my Shakespeare homework I happened upon this sonnet. The Beloved to whom the sonnet is addressed is playing a keyboard instrument, probably the virginal, which is similar to a harpsichord. Needless to say, this poem tickled my fancy! Sonnet 128 How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy [...]