Edgar Albert Guest
By Steven Brodsky
… was a favorite poet of Edith Bunker, a character from the All in the Family sitcom that was played by Jean Stapleton.
In homage to the Edith Bunker character, and because Thanksgiving is drawing nigh, I’m linking to a poem by Edgar Albert Guest: Thanksgiving by Edgar Albert Guest | Poetry Foundation.
People are blessed by their being thankful for their blessings.
Posted 10-12-26
Corny to some
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky
… is the allowance of time to fully enjoy some of autumn’s bounteous simple pleasures.
Corniness aside, this autumn won’t be here forever.
Carpe autumn 2026.
Posted 9-30-26
Jesus loves black sheep
By Steven Brodsky
… and all of the people who were present when this video was filmed:
And Jesus loves us!
https://youtu.be/erc4IeGwfjk?si=cJG7s8oa1zMeQc_D
This brief article appeared at: Conversations About Faith – delcoculturevultures.com.
Posted 1-26-26, Revised and reposted 8-28-26
If Roy were to be koi
By Steven Brodsky
Photo by Steven Brodsky
… It would be fishy.
Just punning.
There are more than 50 ways to pun on any given day.
And there must be 50 ways for a song character to leave a lover, according to a song character in Paul Simon’s song “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.”
Posted 6-27-26
Romanticized notions about nature
By Steven Brodsky
… pass away for the speaker of Seamus Heaney’s poem “Death of a Naturalist.”
Many “naturalists” have had a similar experience.
And most would, with sufficient exposure to realities of the natural world.
May we all acquire and retain a sense of wonder in regard to the natural world.
This brief article appeared at: Conversations About Nature.
Posted 3-3-26, Revised and reposted 3-21-26
Everyone needs to be connected to a caring and supportive community
By Steven Brodsky
… as did Edgar Allan Poe, the author of this linked poem that’s saturated with extreme aloneness: “Alone” | The Poetry Foundation.
Poe wasn’t connected to such a community, unfortunately.
The link to Poe’s “Alone” appears here on the evening prior to Poe’s birthday.
Poe was born on January 19, 1809.
I like to think that a few people might have reached out to Poe on his birthday to communicate that the poem deeply resonated with their own experiences with aloneness in extremis.
If they had, perhaps they and Poe may have had their aloneness at least temporarily alleviated, and if that happened, Poe’s birthday would have been somewhat better.
Posted 1-18-26
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