New Quaker Notebook
Blog URL http://newquaker.com/notebook.htm
Located Daytona Beach, Florida USA
Tags Quaker, Christianity, Religious Society of Fri, Philosophy, Culture, Politics, Experimental fiction, Literature, Satire
Always in your face with critical dialog on contemporary culture from the perspective of an evangelical Quaker Christian.
Latest Blog Posts
- on Nov 9, 2009
The Way of All American CarsI'm not sure what the owner is planning to do with this relic of the American hamburger, or rather the advertising of the burger, but Florida's climate is not treating it well. I was out on the bike today and was compelle...
- on Oct 5, 2009
If it's true, well, it's trueI can't say that I'm much of a fan of Gore Vidal, but still I admire his boldness. Like Quentin Crisp before him, he gets away with the most outrageous stuff. It's usually right on-target stuff, but outrageous nonethele...
- on Aug 14, 2009
Behind the Bush BrainThe truth about the Bush administration ... From Mr Fish at Truthdig.com. Cheney and Bush get the real cartoon treatment by the amazing Mr Fish:...
- on Aug 1, 2009
WeltanschaungAmong my summer reads was Jonathan Littell's intimidating novel The Kindly Ones (Les Bienveillantes, the Well-Meaning, in translation by Charlotte Mandell). Even at 984 pages, it was well worth the time, although most of that was at bed...
- on Jul 23, 2009
New Book AvailableMy new book, Twelve Stories from New Orleans, is finally out and now available from the Florida micropublisher De Signis Press. It will take a few weeks before it shows up in the normal booksellers' outlets.The book is small, only...
- on Jul 5, 2009
A Queen Palm BloomsI was out on the bike again today and I just couldn't resist this, especially since you don't witness it very often (well, maybe not often enough) and only in a climate like Florida's. This is a bloom of the Cocos Plumosa. First...
- on Jun 28, 2009
Why We Do ItFrom Louisiana Quaker eLetter, vol 1:8-9 (2004):There was a time when I thought that the most important question on earth was: Why is there something rather than nothing? Now I think the most chilling of questions has to be this: Why do...
