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Robert Frost’s poem Death of the Hired Man presents a sentimental, capitalist view of human worth. Its subject is a dying laborer who appears in his final hours at the farm of his former employers, a husband and wife, through … Continue reading →

Consider the idea that wine signifies sacredness, or theories about correspondences between external characteristics and intangible qualities, or the story of the hero’s miraculous birth.  How marvelous that such ideas, theories, and stories travel to us through eons!  Each one’s … Continue reading →

Loyalty is a quality that through the years has transformed within my mind and heart, like the sky changes its colors.  Previously, it seemed a primitive reactionary behavior in which emotion and self-interest combined to suppress reason and ethics, a … Continue reading →

How do we humans best understand impartiality or disinterestedness? The cumbersome German word Unvoreingenommenheit* provides a possible analogy for the inherent convolution of the concept. Let’s say two children are arguing. A wise adult can indeed listen impartially and sort … Continue reading →

Persimmon orange washes blankly across my waking field of vision to where it weakens and dissolves in turquoise.  A white tower on a nearby rooftop blinks out time in tomato red, the tiny light on top sticking up for development … Continue reading →

This post carries the scent of eggs and vegetables sizzling on the stove.  The pleasures of the urban weekend are many.  No lawn waits to be mowed, but insects still buzz in the mind . . .

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