Letters to the Editor
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@William Timberman
You wrote that "The Apocalypse doesn't always come when it's called". Now that made my day. Apocalypse, from the Greek apokaluptien: to uncover, to reveal, a revelation. What if the uncovering, the revelation is a good thing? Wouldn't that upset all those expecting some horrible blood-letting and civilization destroying event? I've always thought that it would be s horrible surprise for those who look forward to seeing their enemies burn in hell if in fact hell was merely a place of rehabilatation (though who would in fact need rehabilitation would be an interesting topic too: anyone here ever read Flannery O'conner's short story called, appropriately enough, "Revelation.") Happy thought: the unveiling is one of hope. As you wrote, "the Apocalypse has too much self-respect to do anyones bidding,+-- or perhaps to be what what anyone wants it to be. I hope bethincary is right and there are no accidents, though that is not my persuasion. But now and then something fills me with hope. Listening to Obama's speech after he won Iowa made me imagine what it would be like to be proud to be an American again.
And bepop-o: the weather is really nice here today. Sunshine, crisp air, birds singing. My mom has recovered enough from her surgery and time in intensive care to cook me a breakfast sausage: a regular unveiling.