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Category Archives: Freedom
Free My Feet!
Viewpoint: my feet, from the podiatrist’s chair. After supporting me so faithfully for so many decades, the right and the left ones both show signs of wear and tear. Like my old Subaru, they need regular maintenance, and then some. … Continue reading
In Solidarity
Today in Paris, the other shoe dropped. The satirical cartoon magazine Charlie Hebdo has been under threat for years now from militant Islamists for “blasphemy.” Their offices have been bombed, and the editor, Stephane Charbonnier, has lived since 2011 with a personal bodyguard. … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Definitions, Freedom, Life and Death, Personal Essay, Quotes
Tagged Blood, Evil, Freedom, Good, History, Hubris, Islam, Journalism, Martyrdom, Massacre, Paris, Terrorism
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Second Guessing: The War Within
I have a tiny whisper that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of it is more than I can see. (with apologies to Robert Louis Stevenson) My tiny whisper goes in and out with me, such a steady … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Challenge, Doubt, Failure, Freedom, Mindfulness, Personal Essay, Wisdom
Tagged Evil, Freedom, Good, Jung, Mindfulness, Psychology, The Shadow
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“Growing Down”: Moving from MORE to LESS
Remember when you were, oh, say, six years old? And then, just a few months after your birthday, you were already counting, “I’m six and a half. In just three months I’ll be six and three-quarters. I’m growing up!” Growing up. … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Etcetera, Freedom, Health, Personal Essay, Wisdom
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Growing Old, Growing Up, Lewis Carroll, Octogenarians, Through the Looking Class, Wisdom, Working Out
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What Matters in the End?
Here is one answer, from playwright, author, actor Alice Childress: “Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave, and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.” And here is another, from … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Definitions, Democracy, Freedom, Life and Death, Personal Essay, Quotes
Tagged Bible, Compassion, Dogs, Help, Human Beings, Kindness, Poetry
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No Second Chances? Who Says? (for the record)
FIFTY YEARS AFTER FIRST VISIT, WRITER SETTLES INTO LIFE IN NORTHAMPTON (reprinted from the Hampshire Gazette) Judith Bruder at her home in Northampton. CAROL LOLLIS, photo Choices, even major life choices, are often made for the flimsiest reasons. And, … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Freedom, Happiness, Home, Memory, Personal Essay, Pioneer Valley, Writers
Tagged Choice, College, Home, Memoir, Memory, Smith
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A Sort-of-New Year’s Resolution
I have hooded eyes. Lots of people do. Perhaps you who are reading this are doing so with your own hooded eyes. I only know about them, though, because my grandmother had them. Not only do we share hooded eyes, … Continue reading
Posted in Enlightenment, Etcetera, Evolution, Freedom, Personal Essay, Wisdom
Tagged Family, Grandmothers, Hooded Eyes, Inheritance, Jealousy, Personal Essay, Religion
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