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Climate Change - If I Were the President
"I don't believe in Climate Change." "I can't believe I live in a country where so many people don't believe in Climate Change."...
sursumcorda, 23 September 2017 |
Another First for Switzerland
Delivery by drone is here —or rather, in Switzerland. Swiss Post and Matternet—which despite the name's similarity to...
One Street Over
When we moved to this neighborhood more than 30 years ago, we considered buying a house on the street shown in the news story below ....
Farming in the Netherlands - EPCOT Come to Life
Our children, who grew up in Mickey's Backyard, and whose favorite of all the Disney World parks was always EPCOT, may enjoy the...
These Also Are God's Creatures
People tell me they couldn't move to Florida because they can't stand our bugs. Me, I'll take our giant cockroaches any day over...
Love Your Neighbor
Contempt is the sulfuric acid of love. This observation by John Gottman—from "The Calculus of Love", ...
Civil War Civility
This wise, and heartbreaking, letter appeared in this morning's Hartford Courant . If you wade through to page A7, you can see it...
Great Courses Fantasy
The Great Courses presented a contest this morning on Facebook: You're stuck on an island with the full Great Courses library and...
The Preservers of Knowledge
From The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien: Do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years;...
Shadowed Paradise
Shadowed Paradise by Blair Bancroft (Kone Enterprises, 2011) Those who know me well will be surprised, not to say shocked,...
July 4 Flashback
Our first chair sousaphone player wasn't able to play with the Greater Geneva Grande Award Marching Band in this year's...
Straining Mercy
I can't help it. In the 60's we were taught to "question authority," but I think I was born to question popular opinion. Hence my...
There Are Not Two Sides to That - There are a Hundred
Supposedly—I add the qualifier because I have so little trust remaining for news stories, even from multiple...
Art Heals Sorrow and Preserves Memory
From The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien: Works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their...
O Canada
Here's a warning for those travelling to Canada: I was prepared for the border agent to ask if we were bringing firearms with us into...
Those Canannites
The New York Times story begins like this: There is a story in the Hebrew Bible that tells of God’s call for the...
August 1
Happy Birthday to my country-in-law!
The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin, 1977) The Silmarillion had...
Singing in Harmony
— Glad I learned how to sing harmony. Thanks, Mom, for all those choruses of "Found a Peanut" in three parts when I was a kid!...
What's Wrong (but Right) with This Picture?
I found these adorable Ariel swim fins at Toys R Us, and couldn't resist them for our mermaid-obsessed granddaughter. They were on...
The Work of the Father of Lies
More from The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien: He that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may...
The Rule of Law
From The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien: Those who will defend authority against rebellion must not themselves rebel.
It's That Time of Year Again
It's time once again to give thanks for Willis Carrier, who made living in Central Florida something people might actually want to do....
The Greater Trumps
One of my goals for the coming 12 months is to re-read Charles Williams' The Place of the Lion (the only book of his I own), plus...
The Most Important Art
Words of wisdom for parents—and children—from S. D. Smith, author of the beautiful Green Ember series. (My reviews are...