Monthly Archives: July 2023
JULY 17, MONDAY
PREJUDICE I’ve always known that I was riddled with prejudices of one kind or another. These intuitive, unasked for, natural biases are part of me. I’ve always been ashamed of them. But now I’m coming to the realization that they
JULY 17, MONDAY
PREJUDICE I’ve always known that I was riddled with prejudices of one kind or another. These intuitive, unasked for, natural biases are part of me. I’ve always been ashamed of them. But now I’m coming to the realization that they
JULY 16, SUNDAY
GREEN REVOLUTION When I was a boy growing up in India my father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute that had an extension program to help Indian village farmers to adopt new agricultural methods, the green revolution, to improve
JULY 16, SUNDAY
GREEN REVOLUTION When I was a boy growing up in India my father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute that had an extension program to help Indian village farmers to adopt new agricultural methods, the green revolution, to improve
JULY 15, SATURDAY
ENTANGLED LIFE I have been reading Entangled life: how fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures and have been bowled over by it. But at the same time I have been unable to put my response
JULY 15, SATURDAY
ENTANGLED LIFE I have been reading Entangled life: how fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures and have been bowled over by it. But at the same time I have been unable to put my response
JULY 14, FRIDAY
LISTENING TO AMANDA CORMAN Today I had another reminder of how my perspective on the world is warped. It comes from Amanda Gorman, the young woman who recited her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration. There are several parts to this
JULY 14, FRIDAY
LISTENING TO AMANDA CORMAN Today I had another reminder of how my perspective on the world is warped. It comes from Amanda Gorman, the young woman who recited her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration. There are several parts to this
JULY 13, THURSDAY
LIBRARIES I got a gentle nudge today from Philip McEldowney, who graduated from the same high school that I did, Woodstock School in the lower Himalayas in India. He is a retired librarian from the University of Virginia. As he
JULY 13, THURSDAY
LIBRARIES I got a gentle nudge today from Philip McEldowney, who graduated from the same high school that I did, Woodstock School in the lower Himalayas in India. He is a retired librarian from the University of Virginia. As he
JULY 12, WEDNESDAY
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Milan Kundera died yesterday at 94 in Paris. I read his The Unbearable Lightness of Being years ago without being aware of the point that he was trying to make. I liked the title. He
JULY 12, WEDNESDAY
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Milan Kundera died yesterday at 94 in Paris. I read his The Unbearable Lightness of Being years ago without being aware of the point that he was trying to make. I liked the title. He
JULY 11, MONDAY
RHIZOMES My neighbor down the street, Gwen Diehn, is an artist. She taught in the art department at Warren Wilson College and published a number of Lark Books on using drawings in journal writing. Since retiring she has continued to
JULY 11, MONDAY
RHIZOMES My neighbor down the street, Gwen Diehn, is an artist. She taught in the art department at Warren Wilson College and published a number of Lark Books on using drawings in journal writing. Since retiring she has continued to
JULY 10, SUNDAY
CROISSANTS For the last week I have been eating croissants for breakfast with salami and Swiss cheese and coffee from my new pour over travel coffee maker. The reason for choosing croissants is purely nostalgia, pretending that I am in
JULY 10, SUNDAY
CROISSANTS For the last week I have been eating croissants for breakfast with salami and Swiss cheese and coffee from my new pour over travel coffee maker. The reason for choosing croissants is purely nostalgia, pretending that I am in
JULY 9, SATURDAY
DYSFUNCTIONAL YOUNG MEN I’ve been reading that American young men are in crisis mode. This is my narrow take on that because being male it could be that I am in crisis mode myself and am writing from a biased
JULY 9, SATURDAY
DYSFUNCTIONAL YOUNG MEN I’ve been reading that American young men are in crisis mode. This is my narrow take on that because being male it could be that I am in crisis mode myself and am writing from a biased
JULY 8, FRIDAY
HERD BEHAVIOR Today was my yearly physical checkup. Each year my passage through life is a little more perilous and the chance of my doctor finding something ominous increases. But he checked me out and didn’t find anything. I am
JULY 8, FRIDAY
HERD BEHAVIOR Today was my yearly physical checkup. Each year my passage through life is a little more perilous and the chance of my doctor finding something ominous increases. But he checked me out and didn’t find anything. I am
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 