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Both my parents touched me deeply, and looking back I have a sense of profound gratitude. I hope to write more about both of them. For now I would simply like to share a few poems and an area of interest of my father’s. Poems Socialism My father was a socialist. Here is a short … Read more
A friend of mine who is a nurse recently shared with me the influence that Rosemarie Parse’s holistic framework had on her career. Curious I looked her up on Google and found a helpful AI summary. Rosemarie Parse’s Human Becoming Theory shifts nursing focus from treating illness to helping individuals live quality lives by co-creating … Read more
My father told me this quote when I was a boy. My father was an admirer of Will Durant, whose books include, The Story of Philosophy and the multi-volume The Story of Civilization. Marty’s comment about “The Telepathy Tapes” made me think of the Durant quote! The complete quote makes Durant’s meaning a little clearer. … Read more
I recently learned of an interesting project, “The Telepathy Tapes”. Currently it is available as a podcast with an accompanying website, which introduces the project with these words: In a world that often dismisses the extraordinary as mere fantasy, The Telepathy Tapes dares to explore the profound abilities of non-speakers with autism—individuals who have long … Read more
I did not know this song until this morning, the day after Christmas, when I read the day’s quotation in Daily Gratitude from the National Geographic Society. It was a stanza from a song by Joni Mitchell. Woke up, it was a Chelsea morningAnd the first thing that I heardWas a song outside my windowAnd … Read more
I am gradually shifting my book buying from Amazon to Bookshop.org. Amazon sells over 60% of all books in the US. Read that again. The majority of books—those treasured worlds we love so much—are arriving to readers via a retailer who has misery built into its supply chain. A retailer who exploits its workers, avoids … Read more
As long as we approach another person from our loneliness, no mature human relationship can develop. Clinging to one another in loneliness is suffocating and eventually becomes destructive. For love to be possible we need the courage to create space between us and to trust that this space allows to dance together. Henri NouwenBread for … Read more
Benjamin Yazza, Untitled Porcupine (detail), New Mexico, 2023, photograph I liked this post from Richard Rohr’s daily blog for March 5, 2014: The Stones Cry Out (Center for Action and Contemplation0 It made me think of some lines from Shakespeare’s As You Like It: “ … tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,Sermons in … Read more
This article is from the May 2009, 76th anniversary issue, of The Catholic Worker newspaper. It originally appeared in the September and November issues of CW. The text is from The Catholic News Archive. The Catholic Worker 29 Spring Street, New York, NYJuly 1960 Treasurer City of New York Dear Sir: We are returning to … Read more
Lately I have been connecting to my love of computer programming and to teaching it, which I do for courses that I write for my company Object Innovations. For me an elegant computer program or a very clear explanation is art. This was a nourishing realization, because it helps me to understand that there really … Read more