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Sunday’s Thought
From a Passover column in the Washington Post by Daniella Greenbaum Davis about the part her grandmother once played in their Seder feast, she has since died, when they retell the story of how the Jewish people were enslaved in Egypt and how through “signs, wonders...
Haiku and Woo Woo
I'm just back from the dentist and a bit wobbly, so forgive me. The good news is that I don't have Covid. No, I wasn't worried. I'm not sick, but they give you a test at the dental clinic and it is nice to know. I have been sleeping badly, in part because of my now...
Sunday’s Thought
"...we step out of the shade aflame and unafraid, the new dawn blooms as we free it, for there is always light if only we are brave enough to see it, if only we are brave enough to be it." -- From Amanda Gorman's poem, The Hill We Climb.
Hope and Laughter
"... we found the power to author a new chapter To hope and laugh..."-- Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman Papa Bob rose early to catch the inauguration events. The wreath laying at Arlington was the most moving for him. "This is good to do," he said. "It's...
Sunday’s Thought
From Howard Zinn-- “TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will...
Tidying Up Is Always a Good Idea
I listened to an interview with Rep. Andy Kim, who was photographed around midnight after the battle in the Capitol was finally over, picking up the trash the terrorists left behind. There he was, with his mask on, holding a plastic bag, trying to tidy up. "I really...
Sunday’s Thought
“So here are the reasons I talk to strangers: because I never know what might happen, because the world is full of surprises; because the very thing I am most worried about might turn into the thing I need the most.”—Camille Dungy Also, I am going to hear her...