Wednesday Blog

  • 14 June 2014 – “In the forest he played his flute” from the play “Orpheus and Eurydice”

    The following comes from my 2011 play “Orpheus and Eurydice”. Copyright Seán Kane, 2011. In the forest he played his flute For all the trees to hear and dance to, Amongst the trees he was resolute In his proclamation of God’s love anew. For here he was most at ease Amongst the arbours, Amongst the trees Read more

  • 13 June 2014 – Football

    There is something to be said that trumps any negativity held by those doubters of the world about the sport known as football. To be clear, I refer to that which in the States is called soccer. But that aside, what football can do to unite the world is splendid! Football is a common language Read more

  • 12 June 2014 – A Night Rain

    My sleep is disturb’d by an unruly hound who on normal nights slumbers softly beneath my feet. Yet tonight is different as oranges differ from tomatoes. That hound slumbers not but wails, howls, tears at his kennel door! He is not a friend of the wind Nor do the soft rains offer him solace. The Read more

  • F1 Midweek – Safety First

    Kansas City – The whirlwind that was last Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix certainly has made an impact on the season. I say this for many reasons, chief amongst them being the fact that now we will not be seeing a Mercedes season sweep. Though it would be too much to say that Hamilton’s brake failure destroyed Read more

  • Ricciardo wins Canada in Wild Race

    Montréal – Today’s Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix was by far the most thrilling race yet of the 2014 season. It began with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton taking the front row on the starting grid. Upon the lights going out, Hamilton initially appeared to take the advantage over his fellow Mercedes driver, but it was Read more

  • Remembering D-Day 70 Years On

    Kansas City – I am a pacifist. I find myself in disagreement with violence, especially that special breed of violence that is of a homicidal nature. In a more general sense of the traditional argument, I do not agree with the just war theory as proposed by Augustine of Hippo. That being said, the one war, Read more