Continue Reading After the Storm My original plan for today had been to show photo documentation of the damage to my immediate surrounds, wrecked by the ice…
Continue Reading Not all is doom and gloom. As an antidote to my habitually bleak news these days, I thought I’d collect and present what brought me fun, knowledge and/or…
Continue Reading Protecting the Young Let’s treat ourselves with something amusing, if slightly moralistic, at the end of this week: a short animated film about the strenuous…
Continue Reading In(ter)dependence Lots of thoughts about dependency lately. Triggered by general sorrow about the ongoing wars, or specific preoccupation with weather-related problems, never mind…
Continue Reading Winter Ponder Land When you are iced in for pretty much a full week, as we were last week, there is a lot of time…
Continue Reading Talent, Conversing. "Dialogues: An emerging Artist Showcase" at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts May I suggest that when the weather permits you plan a visit to the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton?…
Continue Reading Moral Decoupling A scientific paper I recently encountered set off an intriguing line of thought about our reactions to art and artists. Let’s start…
Continue Reading Schwanengesang (Biological) Swansong The silver Swan, who living had no Note,when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat.Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,thus sang her…
Continue Reading Learning from the Best I came across the document from 1944 by chance, but was immediately intrigued. The Simple Sabotage Field Manual was originally written by…
Continue Reading The Pear Tree revisited. I figured I’d offer some reassurance at the beginning of 2024: YDP will be as eclectic as ever, as haphazard in what…
