Year: 2016
Darkness into Light.
Much is said and written about the Yin/Yang of Solstice, the world in balance between darkness and light. Such a balance does not exist. Every year, as the sun dips below the horizon in Utqiaġvik ...
The hand of Franklin.
HMS Terror has been found well preserved in 11 meters of water. It appears her crew had taken time while abandoning her, so perhaps she was caught in the ice, and the crew then removed ...
The Greatness of the Past
There are several emails circulating that remember how much better things were. They shows kids playing outdoors without cell phones. They show dads and sons fishing, or teenagers dancing in a soda-shop, all clean, neat and ...
Coda to Radio
I recently commented that the “oldies” radio station was playing music from my college years. Driving into work, I heard the Goo Goo Dolls, followed by an announcer who said “I know, get over it. ...
Radio
My cohort has reached a new milestone in life. As I was driving home yesterday I realized that every song I heard was on the radio when I was in college. This would not be ...
Quiet urgency.
There is a certain vibe to public buildings that are mostly empty with those still left still having work to do. I am sitting in a university library over spring break. Desks are empty and ...
The works of others; the kindness of strangers.
There are bad days, days we wish to forget. A good writer can turn a horrid day into one to remember. Katherine Fritz is such a writer, and I would like to recommend her post ...
The anatomy of a disaster
Reading case studies in public policy is like watching a good thriller. You see each decision lead down the path to disaster. You know the disaster is coming, you see the many places where the ...