One of the joys of parenthood is introducing your children (as they reach appropriate ages) to significant pieces of culture from before their time (significant, at least, in the eyes of the parents). A few summers back, my husband and I seized on the window of opportunity (our children being …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful Wow! That was some week. Before taking on THE issue of the week that was, there are some other things that may have been lost in the roar that really …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful There is something of theme this week: divisions Anyone else find it amazing that a sense of common ground, shared reality keeps getting harder to find? People who get their …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful It’s been a few weeks (over a month, really). I did start getting a list ready last weekend, but it never made it to posting. Hence, there are a couple of …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful Okay, I’m a day late. Things got busy at work yesterday and then we went out to see friends. But I did start a list this week. So here we …
Four weeks ago, as of last Thursday, I was headed off on a reluctant return errand to a store I generally visit only once a month because it is a fair drive from home. I misremembered whether it was north or south that I wouldn’t be able to go directly …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful So after much of a week with “will he or won’t he?” speculation, fueled in large part by his reactive morning tweeting habits, the Current Occupant of the Oval Office finally …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful Item #1================================ Brother Leonard Pitts has written much this week about the remembrances of the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. martin Luther King, Jr. that took …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful It’s been a few weeks … and so much has happened. Yet, maybe not so surprisingly, a number of items that have been pending for my unwritten recaps these past …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful Well … it’s been a week and then some. Hard to remember that a mere seven days ago we were wondering about the drops in the stock market and what …