I have few words of my own to offer today, so that there is more time to read the words in the attached link.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/19/the-fight-to-redefine-racism

If the photographs of ospreys seem unconnected – well, they are mostly captured in flight and I will be flying too, reading Kendi en route to the East Coast. Ibram X. Kendi is Professor of History and International Relations and the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, DC. His newest book just came out: How to Be an Antiracist. His previous book, STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF RACIST IDEAS IN AMERICA, won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

It will be the usual, then, the occasional Art on the Road report, but no regular posts until I return from my travels. And speaking of which: here is a proposal by the German Green Party to ban domestic flights by the year 2035. In a country the size of Germany that is conceivable, if trains pick up the slack. Not so much here, when you consider what it would take to visit anywhere in the country….

In any case – I’m off. Just think: you’re getting a break!

Music offers a couple of selections for Labor Day!