To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. So begins that famous bit of wisdom from “The Teacher,” preserved in one of the Ketuvim (Writings) from the Hebrew … [Read more...]
Excavating the American Soul
Alexis De Tocqueville This was meant to be written last week but I got interrupted by stuttering over the wonderful snow. On January 13th David Brooks wrote a column in the NYT entitled, “America is … [Read more...]
Snow Thief
I was going to write about America falling apart at the seams (a la David Brooks NYT 1/13/22), but then it snowed. Snow can be magical even as it can be overwhelming, dangerous, and disruptive. A … [Read more...]
A powerful act of kindness
Sculpture by Edith Breckwoldt. The ordeal. No man in the whole world can change the truth. One can only look for the truth, find it and serve it. The truth is in all places. Citation by Dietrich … [Read more...]
Psst, your pet doesn’t know
My dog is a show off. Every morning when I roll out my yoga mat and begin a stretching and exercise routine, she saunters over to performs a pluperfect Downward Facing Dog. She usually does it … [Read more...]
To You…
Dream Recovery
It takes four days for the impregnated cell to reach the uterus then multiply from one cell to eight, to a hundred. Two weeks more and those cells multiply and become layered in concentric circles … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas!
A Spirit of Community
First of all, Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, whichever is best for you! This is not Christmas 2020, thank goodness. The only reason it’s not is the widespread accessibility of vaccinations. … [Read more...]
Please don’t sit on it
When I was young I went to camp in southern Indiana. If you have only driven across the middle of the state on I-70 then you likely think the state is flat-on-flat cornfields. But the southern third … [Read more...]
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