I doubt if even my great grandkids will get all the way back to my earliest posts, copied onto an archive page here from facebook posts, which was the way I began this practice of daily posts. Ten years ago, most of my posts were anecdotes, and some important ones about pivotal moments in my … More Love
I’ve commented in previous posts that Holly Days is quartet of trinities, but have never fully deconstructed its serendipitous symmetry. There is something about groups of three that we humans seem to appreciate, with the holy trinity, troikas, our political balance of power, and trilogies being common forms in literature and film. Similar serendipities have … More Truth
I’ve been especially enjoying evoking Christmas spirit this year: listening to holiday stations from Sirius and Alexa, cruising around just to take in people’s diverse and personal decorations on their homes. I love the way xmas and the holiday season is so culturally comprehensive with all the media programs shifting and the material culture so … More Generosity
Today is Generosity. One of the reasons I so love Holly Days, as most of my friends know, is that my Dad, who was an actor, enthusiastically played Santa every Christmas in exchange for presents from me and my sisters in the last years of his life. He was a wonderfully generous man, an excellent cook who … More Generosity
Today is Hope. Last year, I read Steven Pinker’s wonderful “The Better Angels of Our Nature”. That phrase was the closing of Lincoln’s first inaugural address. Ironic in how the demons of our natures opposed his plea and launched that miserable war of brother against brother, which in some ways we are still seeing waged … More Hope
Today is the end of the first trinity of our Holly Days. This one is about community: Unity, Compassion and Kindness. On Monday, a judge in Argentina granted Sandra, an Orangutan, non-human personhood. Hard to know what this will mean, not like she will be getting an apartment and a job in Buenos Aires, but … More Community – Unity, Compassion, Kindness
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