and then our exile

the sky is grey, the sand is grey, and the ocean is grey

over the past weeks i have listened and appreciated:
> sting - the soul cages
> bruce cockburn - humans
> bruce cockburn - the charity of night
> joni mitchell - dreamland
> neil young - prairie wind
> beethoven - tafelmusik, the 5th & 6th symphonies
> van morrison - hymns to the silence
> george winston - plains
> george winston - forest
> masarra - (cd which has "khukh yaminan" and "ala ya Allah ya rabb ya 'alim bi haali");

i have read and appreciated (most of):
> hemingway - the sun also rises
> ondaatje - anil's ghost
> manicom - the school at chartres (again.)
> frantz - the wretched of the earth
> lawrence - sons and lovers
> malraux - man's fate;

i have yet to listen and appreciate:
> hamza yusuf & dr.umar abdallah - the attributes of God
> (hamza yusuf cdset on tazkiyah farooq will lend me after i finally finish the above)
> bruce cockburn - life short call now;

i have yet to watch and appreciate:
> pirates! pirates pirates.
> an inconvenient truth.
> the road to guantanamo.

i have yet to read and appreciate:
> karchmar - the master of the jinn
> murata - the tao of islam
> chittick - the heart of islamic philosophy;

i have to read within the next two days:
> alcoff - visible identities
> outlaw - on race and philosophy
> mills - the racial contract.

i need to read:
> the entire ihya'. no, don't shake your head, i mean it.


who knows anything about philadelphia? does it have a river? how hot is it? i'm apparently at penn state for two weeks starting monday..i do hope they have a river.

raspberries are ripe.