We changed our planet’s climate in… past tense. The current climate demonstrates change beyond the point of no return. The climate we knew years ago is gone, and it is irretrievable. But recognizing the reality of our situation doesn’t mean we accept it with resignation. We can’t do better than what Mother Nature gave us, […]
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The Simple Eloquence In Hemingway’s Words Hemingway doesn’t feel like a dusty old classic. His works have a cultural relevance beyond many other classic works. What’s he got that his peers don’t. Lots of folks have read or know his works, but not so much his peers. The Daily Beast pondered the same point. And
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Photo by Miika Laaksonen on Unsplash As you think back to your youth, do you remember comic books? They were fun to read and reading them, instead of “real books” fed our rebellious side. Many of us know young folks these days who love reading graphic novels. Those young folks probably tell you about the
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Photo by John Michael Thomson on Unsplash Citizenship is about being member of the group; whether the group is a country, a yacht club, or a book club. Within any group there are active, participating members and there are members who are merely paying dues or offering an uninformed voting. Most of us believe participatory
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Climate Crisis and The Grapes of Wrath Writers, people with imagination to extrapolate societal attitudes, saw our current climate situation coming from so very many years ago. Classics and tales of climate change come together in so many works. The Guardian calls The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck “The mother of all eco-fictions, a
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What Poetry Does For Us The news of poetry and Amanda Gorman and her inaugural poem this week reminded us to be aware of poetry. Too often we don’t give poetry a second thought. It hasn’t really found its place in our modern Western culture. Lots of us know poetry exists, but don’t really give
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