You want the truth, but you don’t want to know. (2)
Facebook friends are posting expressions of anger and despair over Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal. Even those who are not disillusioned, and…
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All the seeds failed, except one
I’ve been known to cry at the movies, but I don’t think I’ve ever cried over a book … until…
Such is calm.
My last post mentioned an Italian cop. Today I want to write about an Italian who spent ten years in…
A world transforming into wilderness
I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy…
A time of monsters.
May 1. 2019. Happy May Day! Did you know that Americans started the celebration of workers on May Day? Or…
An optimist must know what a sad place the world can be.
If you’re afraid to mention or hear about death, dying, or the dead, don’t talk to me about hope. If…
“We worship flowers to enlighten one.”
“The Inextinguishable.” That’s how Det Uudslukkelige Carl Nielsen’s subtitle for his 4th Symphony is usually translated. I felt Nielsen’s “elemental…