"That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles -- right and wrong -- throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings." -Abraham Lincoln, October 15, 1858 Debate at Alton, Il

A beautiful day out there, after nearly twenty inches of snow fell between midday Sunday and yesterday afternoon. No post yesterday, and nearly no post today. Too much going on. I have a hearing in forty-five minutes, and I'm still sitting here in pajama bottoms. I was up at three a.m. reading emails about typos in drafts I circulated, from clients pounding on the door because they want their *whatever* last week and why is it taking so long? Accounts receivable are starting

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming." - Pablo Neruda I missed yesterday's post. Thursdays have become my most difficult point on the calendar--the midday class is among the most challenging, with a couple hundred pages of reading a week. By Thursday my paying work has piled up, as has my homework, to the point that from the moment I roll out of bed I'm hustling to get everything done so we can drive back to Corning after class. It doesn't leave

TS Eliot (1888–1965) Ash Wednesday (first stanza) Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and that man's scopeI no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the aged eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual reign? Because I do not hope to know again The infirm glory of the positive hour Because I do not think Because I know I shall not know The one verit