All best for a good New Year in 2023. Today, I think most about the empty chairs I learn of each year, with increasing frequency. They are the people I knew who passed on in the preceding twelve months, some who I learn of in notes from their survivor. I’m not alone in this ritual, […]
POSTNOTE Dec. 26, 2022: The following paragraphs basically summarize events the last few days before Christmas. Here are two commentaries which I think you’d find of interest, received today: Letters from an American Dec 25; The Weekly Sift, Dec. 26. The “Patriots” are all of us who saved the country from the invasion Jan. 6, […]
About noon my time, today, Dec. 19, 2022, the Jan. 6 Select Committee convenes in Washington D.C. I will watch, as I have watched every one of the public hearings of the committee thus far. (The official website of the committee does not show any scheduled hearing; most public channels will carry the proceedings live.) […]
PRENOTE: Today is Beethoven’s birthday. Thanks to Molly for this. Molly: Celebrate with this (or other) rendition of the 4th movement of his 9th Symphony! * This morning I awoke with one of those unfinished dreams: I was at a conference somewhere and the leader had given us an assignment, to come to the closing […]
POSTNOTE Dec 17: Jan. 6 Committee: Mon and Wed Dec 19&21. These may be televised. Ten years ago today (Dec 14, 2012) I was at a Twin Cities Shopping Mall where grandson Spencer and Middle School classmates were giving a concert. Here’s Spencer (at left, in black, with Trombone) and classmates. Spencer was 12. Concert […]
All best wishes for good Christmas holiday and New Year in 2023. Nov. 9-13 we were in New York State to help celebrate my sisters 80th birthday. On a drizzly Nov. 11 seven of us took a day to see part of the Finger Lakes region. Nearing Ithaca, a sign beckoned a short side trip […]
Today is the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Dad’s brother, my Uncle Frank, was one of those killed aboard the USS Arizona. Best I know, at this writing, there are only two USS Arizona survivors still living. Frank died at 26, he would be 107 if still alive. He […]
Dec. 2, a bill was signed by President Biden ending a threatened strike by railroad workers nationwide. For anyone with any interest in Labor Relations generally, this is an opportunity to get a notion of issues and how they are resolved. The railroad legislation is well summarized here. As one whose full-time job was Labor […]
from cousin Georgine overnight: This is the view of the new eruption from the Lanai of the Kawaihae House. The house is about a mile from the Mauna Kea resort. The eruption is actually close to 36 miles away and there is no threat to the house. It does create a new nighttime view. The lava […]
Today in my religious tradition is the First Sunday of Advent. This seems a good day to introduce three topically related items for your reflection, if you are interested: 1) Journeying Towards Healing through Listening and Truth-Telling; 2) the new film, Till; 3) Frank Kroncke, “Captive and Captor” Johan van Parys, Basilica’s Director of Liturgy […]