The power of positive protest ~ distilling the good

The essence of timeless things is their relevance for all times and places. Violence in the streets, fuelled by rage, is short-lived by nature and bounded by the limits of human energy. How, within the constraints of an online post, can you honour a justifiable anger...

The heartspan of music ~ giving the heart voice

Life in a pandemic takes thought down intertwining paths. As spring approaches, I find myself in a peculiar headspace. Lament and exultation dance in counterpoint, as do death and life. Sometimes words are not enough to explain what I feel.  It takes music to fully...

Seven corona comforts ~ for treasuring time

While a mindless, invisible enemy stalks all of humanity, here is something to think about. First of all, the chain of errors resulting in the great pandemic of 2019-2020 is long, still being forged, and of purely human making. Thanks are due to honest and dedicated...