This morning light rain falls, winds ruffle the trees, birds frantically peck at my feeder. If I add a swath of green visible from my balcony, and notice the moist air enveloping the room, I begin to feel taken up, lifted by this fabric of things that shape and animate my morning and so animate me. My immediate surround is something like the weather, except it includes more than mists and winds — birds, grass, trees, the discrete pace of […]

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I do not follow the decisions of the Supreme Court at all closely, but occasionally a decision arrives of such moment that one cannot help but take note. Such was the case with the decision delivered June 26 requiring states to recognize gay marriages. Prohibitions in place in 13 states were struck down. Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority of the Court. Here are his eloquent and moving final words: No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies […]

Categories: Ed Mooney, ZiR