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A Cup of Joe
Once a month, Joe and I meet for lunch and strong coffee. He never lets me pay. That’s against my nature, Baby, he says. He drives a shiny black car, newly washed, with a license plate that reads Cent...
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Death of a Teacher
Harry Kalas, the venerable announcer for the Philadelphia Phillies for over 40 years, died last month. He died the Death of a Broadcaster, in his booth, preparing to call the game. Mr. Kalas left this...
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Mind talk
What in the hell do you mean? I’m heading to New Mexico tomorrow to get away from California and do something different, now that the summer session at my little school is over. California has too many...
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The Preface to the Genealogy–Moooooooo!!
I am ruminating about the origins of evil by cheri block sabraw For those readers who have not read Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality, I’ll begin by saying that the material is lively and told...
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The First Essay: Nietzsche’s blamers and warriors
by cheri block sabraw Nietzsche’s First Essay in his On the Genealogy of Morality traces the origins of our Western values. He bifurcates early human groups into two: the aristocratic nobles and the...
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St. John’s Recap
By the bookstore at St. John's by cheri block sabraw Before I left Santa Fe last weekend, I stopped by a real camera shop (as opposed to the Best Buy experience) to have my lenses air cleaned and to...
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First Hamster Point of View: My birth
by cheri block My birth was a big relief, not only to my overstuffed mother DeDe, but to me, as well. In utero I had felt crowded and thus, irritable, sharing a watery sack with four other active...
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Coffee at the Palace
Plato’s The Republic is a dynamic work of deductive philosophy. The Republic is lofty and challenging. In his dialectic, Plato lets the us know from the start what he intends to investigate and then...
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The Coffee is Percolating
by cheri block Joe and I are warming up for the Dark Ages. We are reading (or rereading) The Confessions of St. Augustine, Beowulf, the Koran, The Song of Roland, and Lancelot. To recap for those of...
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Montaigne, Descartes, and Purple Fruit
by cheri block This morning the West Wind, Zephyr, blew from the Pacific Ocean up our mountain side with ferocity. Since I find solace and energy in the wind, I ventured out into the rain and up the...
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It Is as It Is
Several summers ago, my husband Judge Blah took a course on one book written by Indian writer and philosopher Sri Aurobindo entitled The Life Divine, a tome packed full of gems sparkling in the realms...
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What is aesthetic beauty?
by cheri sabraw This photograph of a single California Brown pelican floating in the silvery-grey Pacific Ocean is not cropped or enhanced. It represents a real moment in time in the life of a...
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Does color change Beauty?
by cheri sabraw Let’s get back to the topic of Beauty. Unless you are a member of ISIS, you all might agree that this scene is beautiful. This Gila woodpecker might easily fit onto a page of Allure...
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