Author Archives: len

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } James12-6-06.JPG, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. James survived his debut under babysitting by Darlene and me. I find myself wondering … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Snow Job, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. The Longfellow House on Brattle Street in Cambridge, Mass., took on a light … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Littlest Hotel Guest, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. We dropped off Darlene’s friend Tish at her son’s home outside of … Continue reading →

Sen. Barack Obama gave the keynote address at a conference sponsored by Sojourners magazine on June 28, 2006. He spoke about the role of religious faith in political life, and I referred to his comments in today’s episode of the … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } MomMemChurch.JPG, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. My mother makes her way through The Memorial Church at Harvard after attending Morning … Continue reading →

Steve Garfield is my favorite videoblogger, and I’ve just spent some time on his site, learning about a room at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society that is set up to broadcast video seminars on the internet. I then … Continue reading →

Late-afternoon light on the Longfellow House, Brattle Street, Cambridge, on a walk yesterday with Darlene and Claire back from the Charles River to my parents’ home. Tweet

Al Franken spoke at The Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver earlier this year, as part of his book tour for The Truth (with Jokes). I came across a recording of the talk on the excellent podcast Authors on Tour. With … Continue reading →

My friend Paul from Kennebunk, Maine, e-mailed me a terrific excerpt from The Spirituality of Imperfection by Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham. It included this pearl: Rabbi Zusya said, “In the coming world, they will not ask me: ‘Why were … Continue reading →

My favorite YouTuber is going strong, and his latest video is a total charmer. I won’t give the fun away but do suggest you fast forward about a third of the way in, or until you see a guest join … Continue reading →