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• Hoppy Fourth

  

  Today is the one of the relatively rare summer holidays. Modern industrialized nations tend to take a more relaxed view toward summers without having to give ou... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Private Therapy

  

  A friend recently introduced me to the YouTube channel, Cinema Therapy. While I had some vague notions already that cinema therapy was “a thing,” I had never... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Good-Bad

  

  If anybody bothers to follow my movie viewing history, they’ll know that it includes a perhaps disproportionate number of “bad movies.” In fact, I recently adde... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Out of Season

  

  Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, has been a fixture since the early eighties. I was a bit too old for Scholastic at the time, but my... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Connected

  

  The physical world is interconnected.  It’s not the only world, I’m convinced (there’s simply too much evidence that it’s not), but it’s certainly entangled. ... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Release the Wicker

  

  One of the many fascinating things about The Wicker Man is that even its release date can cause confusion. There should be nothing so simple as to look up when ... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy and Hollow

  

  There’s a kind of charm to Chronicles. I don’t mean the biblical book, but rather Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, a book published in the 1890s by... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Feathers and Flight

  

  Bird identification must be one of the trickiest activities known to humankind.  My office window overlooks a small segment of a porch roof that is popular... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Employment Opportunities

  

  It’s important to be reminded that stories can also be told by what’s not said. Non-narrative fiction can be a little tricky to follow, but often contains... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Meeting Places

  

  It’s one of those quirky British television plays that’s its own movie. It was part of the Play for Today series. I turned to Penda’s Fen after receiving some... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Liking Everyone

  

  I’m not really interested in politics. Powerful people deciding the fate of the rest of us seems inherently depressing. We could use a good laugh. I’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Half Full

  

  Is the glass half full or half empty?  Perhaps trite, this is the textbook example of optimism.  In times when hope is important—and that may be always, but at... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Parthenogenesis

  

  It’s only a matter of degree, isn’t it?  I mean between reptiles and mammals.  While our common ancestor was quite a bit older than Lucy, we’re still fam, right? Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Solstice Wonders

  

  It’s difficult to tell where summer begins and spring ends.  Transitions are like that.  Today’s the summer solstice.  Since I’m an early riser I keep track of... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Optimism

  

  On the homepage of my website (of which this blog is a part) is the statement that jaded optimism lurks here. I’ve been thinking a lot about optimism and hope... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Individuals All

  

  When things grow stressful and distressing, it may help to remember how others had it worse.  It’s cold comfort, perhaps, but Juneteenth, although a celebration... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sailing Away

  

  Out on the open water on a sailboat large enough to be categorized as a sloop.  We’re on the Hudson River learning about both sailing and the environment. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Baptist to the Future

  

  Setting aside their smartphones and MAGA hats for a moment, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to exclude women pastors this week. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Tumble

  

  So beautifully shot, Fallen is a movie worth watching despite its disjointed plot. Worth watching for horror fans, that is. Apart from the night scenes, this... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• More Proof

  

  They’re here!  The second proofs for The Wicker Man have arrived. Nothing makes you feel like a book will actually happen than seeing the stages unfold. In the... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY