The Vision of Mr Rogers
Happy Birthday, Fred Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) Last fall, I shared a photo that was buzzing around facebook. Here it is: At the time, I saw it as an adage about love: Love isn’t a state of … Read More
Listening to the Fear
My Happy Birthday to Mr. Rogers will run on Friday this week. This morning, the day after Super Tuesday, I feel compelled to post this one instead. Fear is running rampant in our country today. I hear “I’m afraid” all around … Read More
Daylight Savings Time Redux — Again
DST: Sunday, March 13, 2016 2:00 am to Sunday, November 6, 2016 You have a choice today. You can read my post on DST from 2015 (which is a rehash of my 2014 DST post) by clicking … Read More
International Women’s Day, 2016
International Women’s Day is a world-wide holiday, officially observed on every continent each year on March 8. Have you heard of it? Or perhaps I should ask instead, when did you first hear of it? … Read More
Culture as an Excuse — Part IV — The Culture of Rape
Sex often makes us laugh. Being able to laugh at sex is one of the ways in which I remind myself that rape, and the “culture of rape” as we’ll discuss here today, is not about SEX. It’s about POWER. … Read More
Socially Acceptable Excuses — Part III
British philosopher Bertrand Russell, famously conjugated the verb “to be” this way: I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool. And so we begin Part III of our ongoing series that began last January with When Cultural Difference is Used … Read More
Culture of Affluence or Cop-out?
Anyone who has followed my blog for any length of time knows I celebrate cultural differences here. Knowing that others approach certain concepts differently, helps me better understand my own ways, like … … what it means to “be on … Read More
My New Website Look
How often do you redecorate? I mean, how long can one live with that red shag carpeting that we so loved once upon a time?
So it is with websites. I’ve learned.
As technology changes, so too must our virtual living rooms. And today’s post is about how mine got its new look.
Web-wise, my website is my home. It’s the place where I have my most precious possessions. Unlike any of the other social media sites, my website is MINE; I own it. It is the place that I can truly call my own. And, it’s where I feel most comfortable. Home.
I loved my first website.… Read More
World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day
January 27 is World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day I found this photo of Auschwitz at the Jewish Virtual Museum, a project of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise and a wealth of information on the Holocaust. Today, January 27, is World Holocaust … Read More