As I write this, tens of thousands of people are waiting in line in London “to pay their respects” to the Queen. This is no casual choice, since the viewing-line stretches for miles and it could take you a day to reach your goal, which is a walking … [Continue reading]
While the institutions that serve our most important commitments generally receive our support (or at least our tax dollars), we’re not sustaining the flesh and blood workers who toil within them, too often treating them like disposable assets that … [Continue reading]
Just as I was starting to settle into a new year, I was seized by this story on the radio. It was about a kind of pattern: how people who dive into natural disaster recovery--helping to produce miracles while doing so, and being initially heralded … [Continue reading]
For just about anything you can think of, somebody’s posted a YouTube video to show you how. It’s like we’ve moved Dad on-line and then made him available to everyone. Literally. I tuned in to one of them, Rob Kenny and his “Dad, How Do I?” … [Continue reading]
In a much quoted phrase, Rebecca Solnit said that: “Sense of place is the sixth sense, an internal compass and map made by memory and spatial perception together.” I tried to track down where Solnit said this, but (apparently) once … [Continue reading]
