[Bunch of Grapes, by Andrew John Henry Way, 1873] To make a jug of wine, a grape seed must first have gone into the ground and died in...

(Dostoevky's Grave, St Petersburg) The following is a lightly edited version of my final remarks to the students for a course at Trinity...

Fr Luke lifted the hat brim from his eyes. He did not sit up right away, but shifted slightly until the hammock swayed under him. The...

(Photo © Daniel G Opperwall; all rights reserved) Love is often festal. A baby is born to tears of joy, grows, laughs as she is tossed...

(Painting from a Ruysch Still Life) Contemplation (and a Rose) It was through the back alley that I was walking, that alley that is lined...

(Painting: Menageot--Envy Plucking the Wings of Fame) Envy- You, like string upon a needle fine that through the eyelid in a stroke is...