Big Smoke
Del Barber (composer and performer; album: Praireography, 2014) (Listen while you read the lyrics) Blinded by the city lights No one can see you stallin’ It’s been so long since you’ve seen the prairie stars You’re not sure you can recall them But there is something here for you to find You may have found…
Continue readingC.S. Lewis on the Reading of Many Books
“My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were books in the study, books in the drawing room, books in the cloakroom, books (two deep) in the great bookcase on the landing, books in a bedroom, books piled as high as my shoulder in the cistern…
Continue readingPersonal Autonomy and Society
[Thirty one years ago] I could make objective observations about my kids without parents getting offended. But now we handle parents a lot more delicately. We handle children a lot more delicately. They feel good about themselves for no reason. We’ve given them this cotton candy sense of self with no basis in reality. We…
Continue readingDoing and Being
Everyone of us sets goals and hopes to achieve specific results. Yet, there is a danger in depending upon achieving results. “Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite…
Continue readingMark Zuckerburg and Giving
Recently, Mark Zuckerburg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave $25 million dollars to help with the healthcare crisis that is emerging with the continued spread of the Ebola virus. This is a terrific gift and will help many people as we all struggle to comprehend the horror and pace of this disease. With Zuckerberg’s net…
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