Continue Reading Peculiarity When I look at photography I often have strong reactions. I like something a lot or I dislike something enormously. I am…
Continue Reading Idiosyncrasy “We can’t always choose what life brings, but we can choose how to respond.” I look at this quote of one of the…
Continue Reading Quirks and Oddities Quirks of one kind or another it shall be this week – or any of these synonyms. idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, foible, whim, vagary, caprice, fancy, crotchet, habit, characteristic, trait, fad; I thought linguistic peculiarities in terms of…
Continue Reading Letters and Treatises The last entry for this week’s proposed reading list suggests yet another topic tied to religion. The first items of interest are about Muslim…
Continue Reading Between Continents A decade or so after my progeny finished high school I am still in awe of their stellar English teacher and lucky…
Continue Reading Hater, Renegade and Prophet Now who could that be? One of the most revolutionary agents in history whose actions 5oo years ago changed the Western world,…
Continue Reading Knowing History Or Not, As The Case May Be The current president of the US announced yesterday that a former president, Andrew Jackson, was angry about the Civil War and would…
Continue Reading Reading List This week I am drawn to books that are in some ways related to current events. Since two of my friends are…
Continue Reading Throwing This week we had marching, hiking, flying, switching lanes and finally: throwing. As in throwing obfuscation out there, sowing confusion. Despairing mermaid? Meet Robert Proctor,…
Continue Reading Flying In an airplane, I just point my iPhone to things that look interesting, through the usually smudged and wet windows. (These images…
