Pax Nortona - A Blog by Joel SaxFrom the Land of the Lost BlunderbussAgnostic Creed- March 9, 2008 Brian Kane has posted P.Z. Myer&8217;s nicely worded Atheist Creed. Still, same old problem that troubles all thinking along the theistatheist rift: certainty. My agnostic creed isn&8217;t a creed at all, but just a simple statement of fact: I don&8217;t have the answers to ultimate questions and I can live without them. Technorati Tags: Agnosticism, atheism, ...http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5243 The Island of the Cormorants- March 9, 2008 By chance after an especially hard &8220;support group&8221; meeting, I came home and picked up the blue loose-leaf binder that contains the poetry that I wrote while I was manic and during the first months of my stability. It wasn&8217;t as bad as I had dreamed it, though I can&8217;t see how I could ...http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5242 The White Blossoms- March 4, 2008 Tonight, beneath the white blossoms of a purple plum tree and an electric lamp which hummed away the silence, I stood. Not a very interesting story to tell, but the moment was thick with the immediate presence of the night and the white corners of the condos. &169; Joel for Pax Nortona - A Blog ...http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5241 Coat Weather- March 3, 2008 Rabbits have begun to appear in the coyote brush that fringes Portola Hills. I saw three on a short walk around Concourse Park in the fog yesterday. In the spring, they will breed more, and then the offspring will discover that the burnt-out district is quite free of predators. So this year ...http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5240 |