Category: Social Commentary
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Saving Our Museums
A soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. Plato, The Republic of Plato My October visit to the Littleton Historical Museum seemed as though I had stepped across a portal to another time.The 1890’s farm house was the first thing that came into view. I thought I…
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C’est la Vie
Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect. Margaret Mitchell Th Dome Des Invalides houses the tomb of Napoleon. The tomb, itself is not very large. He was a small man with a high opinion of himself. Hence the term, Napoleon complex. Napoleon suffered many set backs in his life time. I…
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A Coronation Tale
This years tulips at the Denver Botanic Gardens The prince watched his father’s Coronation, thinking that one day he will be the one wearing the crown. Next to the new king sat the wicked step-mother who had just been crowned queen. How could the prince not think about his mother? She should have been queen.…
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Let’s Talk
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up. Oliver Wendell Holmes This week’s post grew out of two influences. The first was something I read, the second something I heard. They both put forward the same idea. What if we came together to talk about ending gun…
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A Little Skepticism Can’t Hurt
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. Ralph Waldo Emerson This quote is all I have to offer on this cold, February day. Every era has its difficulties. Emerson’s insight is worth considering during our own challenging times. My interpretation of this quote is, the more one speaks of…
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Right Brain Musing
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince A large part of my thinking comes from the right side of my brain. Math, science, logic. No thank you. With the exception of thinking…
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Editing a Prince
What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are. C.S. Lewis This photo I took at Versailles is one of the few images I have of royalty. Harry and Meghan think they have it rough, it could be…
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Women of a Certain Age
“Some guy said to me: Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock and roll? I said: You’d better check with Mick Jagger” Cher Many years ago, I received this postcard to a new exhibit. When I checked with the gallery and found out the painting was $4,000, I framed the postcard. Sadly, I…
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You Can’t Tell a Book by it’s Cover
All that glitters is not gold. William Shakespeare I just read a piece written by a friend’s son for the New York Times, The Best Book Covers of 2022, Dec.9, 2022. I love everything about this article. In fact, for that reason, I subscribed to the paper. To begin with, it made me laugh because…
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