Continue Reading Tales of Spelunking Neanderthals re-visited Leave it to Heuer to read about one of the most fascinating discoveries of the last decade and have her wonder about…
Continue Reading A Week of Questions Nicely wrapped I find myself frequently asking “I wonder what, or why, or how…..” – often totally mundane reactions to something interesting I see…
Continue Reading Meeting canceled We can be short today: there will be no meeting with the women I’d like to talk to. They are beyond mediation…
Continue Reading Wittgenstein’s Handles You won’t find it on Netflix, but there is a strange and delightful movie by Derek Jarman on Wittgenstein. http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/iwittgensteini_watch_derek_jarmans_tribute_to_the_philosopher_featuring_tilda_swinton_1993.html I came across it…
Continue Reading Pen Pals Charles Darwin's correspondents Creation, a 2009 movie about Charles Darwin, failed miserably at the box office. American distributors then and now refused to pick it…
Continue Reading The Human Condition The Philosophy of Hannah Arendt I remember receiving two presents for my 11th birthday. One was permission to treat my straight lanky hair to a curling iron….
Continue Reading Sailing the Seven Seas There are two categories of Dutch movies: one kind is populated with a lot of nasty Nazis and the other is swarming with patriotic colonialists sailing…
Continue Reading Ahead of her Time Netflix carries a movie How to make an American quilt that was scripted after a novel by Portland author Whitney Otto. One of…
Continue Reading Confessions of a Netflix Streamer I admit I watch a lot of Netflix. Mostly thrillers and mysteries. I tell myself it is to keep my languages up,…
Continue Reading Of Roses and Lilies Johannes Brahms lullaby (Wiegenlied) in the original German version speaks of roses and carnations covering the baby’s crib. For some reason the…
