Continue Reading True Colors For a year now we have seen a governmental strategy of “Facts be damned, let falsehoods do the job.” Last week’s debate…
Continue Reading No Hausfrau She. I thought I’d end the week’s musing on reconciliation with something up-lifting. The clip on top of today’s blog is an advertisement that…
Continue Reading Art and Reconciliation. A new group of interdisciplinary researchers from Kings College, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and The University of the…
Continue Reading The Falsely Accused. Imagine you are accused of having committed a horrible crime. You are convicted despite your protestations of innocence. You serve your sentence…
Continue Reading Their Heirs. I opened yesterday with the fact that I have only questions and no real answers when it comes to reconciliation between parties…
Continue Reading On Reconciliation. This week is devoted to the topic of reconciliation. I have only questions, no answers when thinking about reconciliation in numerous contexts….
Continue Reading Fleeting Decisions. Lasting Possibilities. I meant that title: decisions can be reversed; what lasts are the possibilities to choose from. Or more precisely, what lasts is…
Continue Reading Fleeting Years. Lasting Words. The world lost an important voice this week. Ursula LeGuin died on Monday, age 88, after some months of ill health. Today you…
Continue Reading Fleeting Usage. Lasting Damage. Living in a sandcastle might be considered fleeting. Then again, this guy managed to do it for decades…. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-42761099/the-brazilian-man-who-lives-in-a-sandcastle The more serious issue, and…
Continue Reading Fleeting irritation. Lasting joy. The essay (linked below) appeared on Sunday in Oregon ArtsWatch. Longish piece, but I had to tackle one of my pet peeves: Botanical…