Take Care of Yourself

Take Care of Yourself

I’ve been feeling stuck about many things, including how to respond to the world’s nonstop saga of suffering: the ongoing carnage in the Middle…

A Healthy Mind

Today quote seems a perfect fit for our times. You might want to read further. Alain de Botton on the qualities of a healthy…

Gratitude – Part 2

“Gratitude has its basis in our awareness of all the things that have come our way from the people and world around us. We…

Chasing Hope

Chasing Hope

“Journalism is an act of hope. It rests on the conviction that excavating the truth makes a difference, that sunlight is a disinfectant for…

Hollow Eyes Bellies Hearts - Jimmy Carter

Hollow Eyes, Bellies, Hearts – Jimmy Carter

Hollow Eyes, Bellies, Hearts Jimmy Carter We chosen people, rich and blessed, rarely come to ask ourselves if we should share our voice or…

She who tooteth not

She who tooteth not

“She who tooteth not her own horn, the same shall not be tooted” – Damon Runyon – Today’s blog is different and difficult for…

Awards for Changing the World

Awards for Changing the World

Some time back, in doing a review of Lyndsey Stomebridge and her We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love…

All the Beauty

All the Beauty

This week I’ve figured we all need as much balm for our battered spirits as we can easily locate. I have a book handy…