History’s fascinating web of connections
An exhilarating history looks at the multiplicity of causes and effects that produced past and present.
All posts filed under: Weekly Reader
An occasional series of posts with links and short descriptions to books and articles of interest.
Great necessities call out great virtues
Framing is language for debate that carries and evokes ideas about what we value.
Gentleness is powerful. Stillness is strength.
Practices to nourish our capacity for understanding, love, joy, and inclusiveness.
Deep in our Age of Folly
Lewis Lapham eloquently called us to put the wisdom of the past at the service of the present.
From the bookshelf: November 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in November 2024.
Disagreement without hatred
Reconciliation relies on grace, challenging examples, and the realization we have no viable alternative.
Step away from the exhausting digital chatter
As humans we have learned how to fly but seem to have lost the ability to dawdle.
A narrative of grievance carries the day
Lift one another up in these difficult times. Knowing what we don’t know can help.
From the bookshelf: October 2024
Each month I have a goal to read five books. Here are the books I read in October 2024.
An ingenious whodunit within a whodunit
A tale of intrigue involving an editor, her crime-writing author, and his detective, Atticus Pünd.
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