Catastrophes Archives · Pat Coakley

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

Notes from My Bunker: How Easily Catastrophes Are Taken Personally.

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This week, I answered the question I first posed two months ago after reading the first chapter of “The Mirror and the Light” by Hilary Mantel. Her Thomas Cromwell asked the question “If you can’t tell the truth at … Read the rest

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020

Threadshots Day 13;Rainer Maria Rilke/ No Feeling is Final.

Rainer Maria Rilke gives mindfulness meditation some poetry.

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March 17, 2014March 17, 2014

St. Patrick’s Day: I’m eating green today.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day. I have nothing green in my wardrobe so I bought a green cabbage. Except that I hate cabbage or, at least, thought I did. I made the Cabbage and Onion torte recipe from the NYTimes… Read the rest