From the bookshelf: April 2024
Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here’s my list from April 2024.
Author: DJB
Dreams interrupted; dreams denied
A powerful exhibit to remind us of the price Ukrainians pay daily in their fight for freedom.
Celebrating the creators
Supporting the creation of a new community cultural center in an old building.
The hard, but necessary work of living together with others
Powerful, poetic language to remind us that America is, at its heart, a soul-making enterprise.
Observations from . . . April 2024
A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during April 2024.
Places give access to minds
A harbor mind is an apt metaphor for thinking more expansively about the world.
Praise for the independent bookstore
Songs about books, just in time for Independent Bookstore Day!
The purple iris as the antidote to worry and sorrow
A great deal of worry and sorrow can be offset by a purple iris. Or a lark. Or a morning glory.
Contradictions, nuance, and humanity
What happens when our resistance to the resistance is generational?
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable
Life, as it unrolls every single day, is more than scenery as we rush by.
