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They Shall Not Grow Old – a movie review
Since its release last November, I’ve wanted to see Peter Jackson’s First World War documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old. On Monday I got my chance. As the film opens, Jackson explains that in 2014, he was invited by the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Movies
Tagged history, movies, Peter Jackson, They Shall Not Grow Old
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The War on Beauty
I was in grade school during the height of the cold war, the decade of duck and cover hydrogen bomb drills and Nikita Kruschchev pounding his shoe and promising to bury us. But what I feared most from the “red … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Culture, Current Events, Nature, Science
Tagged Beauty, Climate change, Culture, current events, Events, government shutdown, Joshua Tree National Park, Nature, Science
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An End of Year Blessing from Anam Thubten
I wrote a number of posts about Anam Thubten in the early years of this blog. Not so many lately, though that may change in the future. I’ve followed his teachings for the last dozen years – via his books, … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Culture, Meditation, Spirituality
Tagged Buddhism, Climate change, Culture, Meditation, spirituality
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Who and What Divide Us?
A Camp Fire evacuee plays with an abandoned dog, Chico, CA, Nov. 15 Daily updates on the deadliest fire in California history are almost too horrific to take in. The Camp Fire, named after its place of origin on Camp … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Current Events, Nature, News
Tagged Climate, Climate change, current events, Events, Nature, News, Science, the Camp Fire, Thich Nhat Hahn
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An Avian Stray
Last Friday afternoon, I came home from various errands to find a magpie with a broken wing in the back yard. Seeming dazed, it was swung its head back and forth, as if its vision was impaired, and flapped wings … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Buddhism, Dream, Nature, Science, Spirituality
Tagged animal rehabilitation, Animals, birds, Buddhism, Events, Nature, Science
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