Many remember Rodney King’s famous question “Can’t we all get along?” after his ruthless beating by Los Angeles police officers was caught on tape and sparked devastating citywide race riots in the early 1990s. Rodney King’s question remains unanswered. Evidence that we are getting better at gettting along is pierced with news […]
A surprising number of people chose to be armchair fellow travellers as I walked the Camino de Santiago last summer/fall. I posted daily accounts of my physical and interior travels and along with some photos on Facebook. I have now reassembled those day by day notes along with the comments of followers in […]
I stayed up late and went outside on the night of Decmeber 20. But the sky was overcast and the moon was no where to be seen. There was a rosy cast to the sky though. Donna Sturla, a friend from high school now living in California did see the […]
My brother-in-law told me about an article with this title in the weekend issue of The Wall Street Journal. Since both my vocation and my avocation are wedded to the idea that that great literature, art and music can and should help teach us how to live well and wisely, […]
I suppose I am not alone in having gaping holes in what I assume should be common knowledge. The Weimar Republic is one such chasm. Classical Pursuits will be visiting Weimar this June as part of our Made in Germany trip. In planning this trip with the help of […]
Sitting here thinking about that is easy and what is hard. Of course, this varies hugely among folks. So, I’m talking about me here. So many people never thought I’d make it to the end of my long walk up and over the Pyrenees in France and then across the breadth of […]