Continue Reading Bitty Bugs Walking through my garden towards dusk this weekend, watering can in hand for the new plantings, my eye was drawn to numerous…
Continue Reading Oh, just go to hell, they say Actually it’s what I say. Every morning I say this when some fresh news pops up on my screen that confirms the…
Continue Reading It’s just rowdy youth, they say It’s just rowdy youth was a typical commentary found in some Austrian media in light of the news that an art project…
Continue Reading The Crystal Ball’s Defect, they say First there was Australia. Polls predicted the Australian Labor Party would win over the conservative-led coalition in the two-party preferred vote. That…
Continue Reading Glorious Sacrifice, they say. Yesterday’s Memorial Day commemorations, honoring those who lost their lives fighting wars, happened in the context of this warning: “It is a…
Continue Reading Community Memory One of the regrettable side products of a society on the move – whether moving is voluntary or not – is the…
Continue Reading Community Alliances Large parts of the European population are trembling this week, worried about the outcome of the upcoming European elections where 350 million…
Continue Reading Community Action 18.248 – that is the official number of refugees who during the last 5 years drowned or went missing in the Mediterranean,…
Continue Reading Community Involvement A few days ago a drab high school campus in L.A. was transformed – community-relevant paintings — done by 31 artists as…
Continue Reading Community Representation The auditorium at Jefferson High School was humming like a beehive, punctuated by giggles and squeals of excited youngsters greeting each other,…