A 264 page Socratic dialogue about saving the earth and the teacher is a gorilla? And Diane says “Read it!” – say, what? Yes! Read it – that is, only if you care about the world we live in and ALL its sentient beings.
Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Posted in Books and Ideas, Community, tagged books, culture, ideas, living simply, philosophy, sustainability on April 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Unlikely enemies and allies
Posted in Politics, tagged personal growth, philosophy, politics on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Target. I have to say, I was “shocked and dismayed” to hear of Target’s $150,000 donation to Minnesota Forward, which, despite its progressive sounding name is a conservative PAC supporting a homophobic, anti-labor candidate. I hadn’t ever given much thought to Target, to tell you the truth. They’re one of my ‘go-to’ stores and I [...]
Ghoulies and ghosties
Posted in Spirituality, Writing - Personal, tagged family, ideas, philosophy on August 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
“From ghoulies and ghosties and three-legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night – oh Lord deliver us” – so says the traditional Scottish prayer. My mom, Jerrie GLASGOW Scholten (who didn’t publicly own being part Scottish, but was) used to say that to us. Tonight I dashed home after work with barely enough time to feed me [...]
What is time?
Posted in Books and Ideas, tagged meditation, philosophy, time on June 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As mentioned in an earlier post, my beloved Aunt Dory, in Oslo, seems to be dying. Her daughter wrote me today to say it could be today – and certainly in the next week. It makes me wonder about our life spans. Are we born just to die? Why do we get old? I’ve been [...]
