May 3, 2026 There is a persistent motif in Christian mysticism we call “the rock that is higher”. Having watched rams and goats on mountainsides in the Holy Land, I’m with the people who say this is where we get the saying. Ram acrobatics are counterintuitive. When the ledge
[Originally published March 8, 2025] This is the story behind the name of this blog – A(nother) Dazzling Darkness. This might should have been the first posting but I had to get my personal discovery of Orville Peck out before I could write anything else. The fairytale “Rumpelstiltskin” is a
[Originally published on February 28, 2025] I bought my first compact disc in 1986. I was 23 and had just moved to Dallas from Detroit. I had a new job and a new apartment and the cable installer had just left. I switched the channel to MTV – in those ancient
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