Monthly Archives: March 2012

Essay. Storms.

–Before the thunderstorm– Almost every time I check the news, there are photos and video footage of natural disasters such as tornadoes, blizzards, and fires. A few days ago was the one year anniversary of the major earthquake, tsunami, and … Continue reading

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Essay. Dreams can come true.

I am still pondering the documentary about a family in Ecuador whose two sons disappeared in 1988, almost certainly the victims of a police or paramilitary force (see yesterday’s post). The surviving child, a daughter, was 10 years old when … Continue reading

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Essay. The unsought insight.

Yesterday I was browsing the Internet during a break and encountered that unproductive inertia that keep you clicking within a site and then on another one with ever less attention to what you read. I clicked on an article and … Continue reading

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Essay. And a time to every purpose under Heaven.

As a child, I loved the plaintive beauty of a song written by Pete Seeger based on a Bible passage, with the haunting lines “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under Heaven.” A … Continue reading

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