Sep 11 2022

Learning to Fall … Again and Again

  Learning to Fall … Again and Again David and I enjoy reading books together before bedtime. I read four or five pages out loud and then he reads four or five pages … usually until the next page break. Interestingly most, if not all, of our joint reading experience involves books that I have…
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Aug 9 2022

Making Meaning in Our Lives: Irrational Leaps into the Unknown

  Making Meaning in Our Lives: Irrational Leaps into the Unknown I don’t know about you, but looking back over my life – from late adolescence to just about now – I have made choices and decisions across my days and years, not based on rational considerations like a cost-benefit analysis, but based on deep…
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Jun 22 2022

Anxious? Depressed? Well, Try Dancing! Or Singing!

  Anxious? Depressed? Well, Try Dancing! Or Singing! For many years, usually in the evening, I would turn on the record player – 45s or LPs (that tells you how many years back I’m talking about), or the radio or, more recently, Pandora on my cell phone or iPad. And I would dance – in…
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May 4 2022

Never Again … and Again … and Again: The Drumbeat of War

  Never Again … and Again … and Again: The Drumbeat of War “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” With this line the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, closed a CNN interview on Sunday evening, April 24. More about that later (and see second…
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Apr 1 2022

Waving the Flag: A Symbol of a People’s Spirit and a Symbol of Hope for Us All

Waving the Flag: A Symbol of a People’s Spirit and a Symbol of Hope for Us All Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, David and I bought a Ukrainian flag online. When it arrived we unpacked it and David asked, “Which color goes up?” Of course we Googled it and discovered blue was up, so we…
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