Reflecting on the passing of time and establishing intention with the Bicentennial, the Semiquincentennial, and the Tricentennial, on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Category: Musings
Working for Just Community: Now, Then, Always
Going through an old box yesterday, I came upon a yellowed, frayed 9.5-by-12-inch certificate issued in 1950 to Leathe Hemachandra, … More
A Conversation Between My Mother and Me
My mother had 13 years from the time the youngest of her three sons—that would be me—went off to college … More
Love in the Time of Segregation and Discrimination
I came upon a box of a few dozen random—utterly random—photographs yesterday: family photos in NYC from a half-century before … More
Remembering My Aunt Hattie
Sometime after her sister, my mother, died and before her Alzheimer’s developed to the point she didn’t recognize or know … More
Books Published, People Cherished
I am a judge for the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Benjamin Franklin Awards. Perhaps surprisingly, this work predates my years … More
Sunday with My Son
These weekend wintry early mornings in which at times I’m feeling a little drawn—hardly inclined to roll out of bed, … More
Backward, Forward, One, Two, Three
One One of the best experiences of my life was four decades ago at summer camp, Camp Killooleet, in Hancock, … More
Stretched Presidencies
I define a stretched presidency as lasting a minimum of eight years and including a presidency of the person elected … More
The Four Chambers: Love, Life, Lust, and Loss, for Autistics Just Like Everyone Else
I’ve been thinking a lot about joy lately, and especially about how the same experience or circumstance or day or … More
