Ken Ronkowitz
@ronkowitz.bsky.social
Teacher, poet, grandfather and yet still a Jersey boy. Carpe diem, carpe noctem. Carpe omnia!
“In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering among innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
— Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
September 24, 2026 at 8:38 AM
“In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering among innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
— Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
After his pedagogue told him that the Earth was like a soap bubble in the cosmos, young Marcus developed a severe anxiety disorder.
September 21, 2026 at 2:58 PM
After his pedagogue told him that the Earth was like a soap bubble in the cosmos, young Marcus developed a severe anxiety disorder.
Canada has renamed the U.S. It seems fair.
September 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Canada has renamed the U.S. It seems fair.
And you think your laptop is too heavy.
September 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
And you think your laptop is too heavy.
Poet Mary Oliver said that nature was her primary source rather than books.
You don’t need a spiritual teacher. You need to go out into nature and pay attention. 
You don’t need a spiritual teacher. You need to go out into nature and pay attention. 
August 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Poet Mary Oliver said that nature was her primary source rather than books.
You don’t need a spiritual teacher. You need to go out into nature and pay attention. 
You don’t need a spiritual teacher. You need to go out into nature and pay attention. 
if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
- Lewis Carroll
August 23, 2026 at 1:02 AM
if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
- Lewis Carroll
I probably would have stayed on the island , but sure, Odysseus, you do you.
August 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I probably would have stayed on the island , but sure, Odysseus, you do you.
"No one has ever become poor by giving." - Anne Frank
August 4, 1944: Anne Frank and her family are captured after two years of hiding from the Nazis
August 4, 1944: Anne Frank and her family are captured after two years of hiding from the Nazis
August 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"No one has ever become poor by giving." - Anne Frank
August 4, 1944: Anne Frank and her family are captured after two years of hiding from the Nazis
August 4, 1944: Anne Frank and her family are captured after two years of hiding from the Nazis
Is reality subjective?
August 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Is reality subjective?
The universe sometimes feels like a doctoral thesis that never was finished.
July 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The universe sometimes feels like a doctoral thesis that never was finished.
In Opposition #poem
We pass each other all day moving
in opposition like Jupiter and the Sun...
writingtheday.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/i...
We pass each other all day moving
in opposition like Jupiter and the Sun...
writingtheday.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/i...
July 17, 2026 at 11:20 PM
In Opposition #poem
We pass each other all day moving
in opposition like Jupiter and the Sun...
writingtheday.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/i...
We pass each other all day moving
in opposition like Jupiter and the Sun...
writingtheday.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/i...
And like the Moon, we must go through phases of emptiness in order to become full again.
July 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
And like the Moon, we must go through phases of emptiness in order to become full again.
“You will generally observe that of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic, especially toward the Fourth of July.” - Herman Melville, White-Jacket, or the World in a Man-of-War
July 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
“You will generally observe that of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic, especially toward the Fourth of July.” - Herman Melville, White-Jacket, or the World in a Man-of-War
