Cailín Bell

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

“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...

17.02.2025 17:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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...

08.02.2025 15:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

WATCH: Senate considers Scott Turner as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

What are people doing? Filibustering, and it’s a heartening watch…

www.youtube.com/live/saU-2s8...

06.02.2025 07:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Attention pays (with Chris Hayes) by The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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.

27.01.2025 14:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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.

19.01.2025 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lest you think that *just* bringing a book to an Eastside sports bar on WWE night was much, might I suggest this combination…

19.01.2025 13:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Been ages since I went for a proper walk; excited to meet my Auntie at the ferry.

11.01.2025 18:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0