I’ve been doing a lot of introspection and reflection lately (exacerbated by the goings-on in Charleston), and came across this passage in an article about social responsibility written by Albert Borgmann: The great virtue of a nation is that the … Continued
Whoooooo’s ready for the solar eclipse on August 21st?? Solar eclipses are awesome. Planetary alignment. Celestial bodies doing their thing that we just-so-happen to get to witness. IT’S THE FRICKIN MOON GOING BETWEEN US AND THE SUN. Can you imagine … Continued
A post shared by Heather Marcus (@heather.marcus) on Aug 9, 2017 at 8:38am PDT I know people, and I’m sure you could think of a few too, who are like dogs with bones. Or 2-ton stones. I know folks who … Continued
More and more, we are divided into communities of concern. And, more and more, these communities are pitted against one another. Each side can’t ignore the other side and live in its own world. This makes us less of a … Continued
“Oh, that’s a shame,” he said, as the energy in the room changed. As if the prior ten minutes of good, deep conversation and laughter hadn’t even existed. As if the ring, my cuteness, my personality – all the things … Continued
Labels have become tedious and minimizing, not to mention disrespectfully used… and distorted… and distorting… (goes off on a ‘dis-‘ word tangent) Back on track…. Labels are out of hand. Take, for instance, Black Lives Matter. They’re met with “All … Continued