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The Gift of Faith
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts Whether we are Christian or not, this 1st day of Christmas is an ideal day to rejoice in the gift of faith: faith in a god, in a … Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Through the Calendar
Tagged Attitudes, Christmas
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From a Distance
Watching M*A*S*H in syndication, with its endless triage of patients, leads me to think about triage for our world and its problems. As I do my now-requisite treadmill time, I flip through the channels, trying to find something that … Continue reading
Where’s an Ancient Greek When You Need One?
Exploring the construct of shaking things up in a paper bag to reach the golden mean. As I step into my direct report’s office, he steps back, increasing the distance between us to just under the raise-your-voice-to-be-heard distance. I … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Citizenship, Critical Thinking
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The Perfect Moment
Marking the conclusion of a 12-year project to send letters on palindromic dates that won’t be seen again in this century. I am standing outside the Astoria OR post office, 11 years, 11 months and 11 days since the … Continue reading
Life is a Highway
Please, God, no. If life is a highway, as Tom Cochrane said, then I’m careering down it with a full load that is, suddenly, all too much. Continue reading
Those Pesky Victorians
Elizabethans? No that won’t work: already taken. Georgians? No, that won’t work, even though some say that Prince Charles will choose to become George VII, if and when: it disregards 60-plus years of intervening history from Bertie to Charlie, and … Continue reading
A Wink and a Nudge
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. Because it keeps the witches away. The interrupter is three, or so said his grandfather in introducing him to our tour group. As a second son (the three-year-old, … Continue reading
An Embarrassment of Marmalades
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. It’s Elizabeth Barrett Browning meets Count von Count from Sesame Street: How do I love thee, Scotland? Let me count the ways. One, two, three: three kinds of … Continue reading
Cheap and Good; Good and Cheap
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. £280. I look again. Yes, that’s what it says. £280. In the last 24 hours I have slept, oh, about 4 hours max. My first meal of this … Continue reading
