It is not time, but fibroblasts or the spirit of forgiveness, that heal wounds. And perhaps we need to row back from the idea of “time” as generally “permissive” of change. Many things are not permitted…….. What’s more, a global permissiveness would permit nothing in particular: If everything were permitted, nothing could happen. –Raymond…
Leave it to a philosopher of science to nudge us to think seriously about something that we never expected to think about. As one of our group succinctly stated: “Time, what’s the big deal.” Granted most of us, philosophers excepted, have no reason to worry over the status of time, the reality or the…
Every end is a beginning. Who does not look forward to the end of the work week? The last day of the usual, necessary tedium; and the beginning of a weekend–opportunity for relaxation and reflection. Sunday coming up will be Mother’s day, and I am lucky to remember my mother, and to select a…
RECIPE FOR REMAKING A WORLD Ingredients: ugliness, unfairness, suffering, poverty, terror, rage, sadness, etc. Most of which is no one’s fault, the cause being diffuse, shared, distributed, so that blame cannot be focally assigned. A majority of us are touched by these circumstances, and feel that there is nothing we can do, no one…
Tuesday morning, when I customarily compose the day’s post, I will be under the influence of anesthesia, Propofol most likely. I can attest that the drug produces a dreamless sleep. When the drug is administered, consciousness winks out. There is no sliver of fading, just light and then nothing. Waking is not unpleasant, as…
First agenda item of the day: breakfast at Taste of Paris. Its a favorite Cafe and we look forward to the weekly visit. The waitstaff are always welcoming, familiar faces due to our patronage of many months. France has been much on my mind. Today they are holding a national election. At stake is…
More rain and some pics from today’s NY Times. And then there is a need that each should understand where he came from and what he is—- and what will become of him. –Wulfstan, Archbishop of York from 1002 to 1023
Climate change is manifest by extreme weather events. Over the past two days the backyard has soaked up so much water that a footfall instantly produces water welling up around my shoe. It’s 6PM and rain continues to fall. Recently I read that Anglo-Saxon England of the 10th century was also going through a…
One can wonder what our ancestors did for recreation absent video screens. After a steady rain in the evening, the morning dawned with light rain and a gusting wind. Out of doors plans made little sense under these conditions. To remain dry and warm the day would be spent indoors. Like many middle class…
