Cailín Bell
@cailinbell.bsky.social
“At their inauguration,
public leaders must swear to uphold unwritten law
and weep to atone for their presumption to hold office-
and to affirm their faith that all life sprang
from salt in tears which the sky-god wept
after he dreamt his solitude was endless.”
genius.com/Seamus-heane...
public leaders must swear to uphold unwritten law
and weep to atone for their presumption to hold office-
and to affirm their faith that all life sprang
from salt in tears which the sky-god wept
after he dreamt his solitude was endless.”
genius.com/Seamus-heane...
Seamus Heaney – From the Republic of Conscience
This poem is taken from Heaney’s collection of works entitled The Haw Lantern, which was published in 1987, several years after the death of his mother Margaret.
From the Republic
genius.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“At their inauguration,
public leaders must swear to uphold unwritten law
and weep to atone for their presumption to hold office-
and to affirm their faith that all life sprang
from salt in tears which the sky-god wept
after he dreamt his solitude was endless.”
genius.com/Seamus-heane...
public leaders must swear to uphold unwritten law
and weep to atone for their presumption to hold office-
and to affirm their faith that all life sprang
from salt in tears which the sky-god wept
after he dreamt his solitude was endless.”
genius.com/Seamus-heane...
Oh, that all columnists inserted this aside; it should be the new normal in these abnormal times:
“Let me interrupt this column to provide a few tedious reality statements, of the sort that have become required in the slanderous Trump era.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
“Let me interrupt this column to provide a few tedious reality statements, of the sort that have become required in the slanderous Trump era.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oh, that all columnists inserted this aside; it should be the new normal in these abnormal times:
“Let me interrupt this column to provide a few tedious reality statements, of the sort that have become required in the slanderous Trump era.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
“Let me interrupt this column to provide a few tedious reality statements, of the sort that have become required in the slanderous Trump era.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Attention, free will, and its relation to who we are as individuals and as peoples; this is the inquiry that’s drawing my own attention in this age and political state.
Attention pays (with Chris Hayes) by The Gray Area with Sean Illing
megaphone.link
January 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Attention, free will, and its relation to who we are as individuals and as peoples; this is the inquiry that’s drawing my own attention in this age and political state.
Loving the Seattle Aquarium’s newly opened Ocean Pavilion. As a PNW resident who doesn’t love the cold, this warm tropical downtown adventure is on my list of great (local) escapes.
January 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Loving the Seattle Aquarium’s newly opened Ocean Pavilion. As a PNW resident who doesn’t love the cold, this warm tropical downtown adventure is on my list of great (local) escapes.
Lest you think that *just* bringing a book to an Eastside sports bar on WWE night was much, might I suggest this combination…
January 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Lest you think that *just* bringing a book to an Eastside sports bar on WWE night was much, might I suggest this combination…
Been ages since I went for a proper walk; excited to meet my Auntie at the ferry.
January 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Been ages since I went for a proper walk; excited to meet my Auntie at the ferry.