They Called Her Toni
The tour de force that was Toni Morrison offers many bits of wisdom to those who watch her film biography TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM and sigh over her … Continue reading
The Fellowship of the Survivors
The incredible waste of war and the astounding resilience of the human spirit are two sub-themes in the film TOLKIEN about J.R.R. Tolkien, author of THE HOBBIT and the LORD … Continue reading
Looking Through Corrective Lenses
Imagine, if you will, a world in which everyone looks alike, thinks alike, listens to the same songs, and follows the same religion. What if “free will” was meaningless because … Continue reading
To the Last Page
My dear friend’s mother died this week of COVID-19. She would’ve died sometime, anyway. We all will. But she died now because people in a retirement facility were infected. The … Continue reading
“It slides off me and sticks on you!”
(This blog applies to all living beings currently on Earth.) Awareness sometimes hurts. Most of us hate to think negative thoughts about things that can end badly—unless we’re directly threatened. … Continue reading
“…But they don’t fall down.”
In 1971, Hasbro/Romper Room introduced a line of roly-poly toys called Weebles. They were people and animals, egg-shaped and weighted in the center so if they were knocked off balance, … Continue reading
“Beauty is truth; truth beauty…”
“Beauty is truth; truth beauty…” (by John Keats) These days, you don’t have to look at Facebook or Instagram to know people are feeling like unmatched socks in a clothes … Continue reading
In Love with Spring
Not merely America, but the world looks fabulous now that we can see it clearly. It isn’t smothered in smog. The rivers and oceans are much cleaner. The skies are … Continue reading
Working Toward the Happy Ending
Once upon a time, we believed in the essential goodness of people as a whole—or at least I did. Like Anne Frank, we trusted the majority would do what was … Continue reading
Taking the Test
We haven’t been required to kill a lion with a knife or touch an enemy with a stick—measures of maturity once part of particular traditions. Some of the guys I … Continue reading
