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- Scrubbing George Washington from History: Who’s Next?
- A weekend Romp with Georgia O’Keeffe
- Oliver Sacks’ Ambivalence on Living in the Digital Age
- My Book Draw-List for 2019
- An Upstart Poet I Like a Lot
- And a Child Shall Lead Them: Healing What Ails Us
- The Plight of Native Americans in a White America
- Why We Name Our Children as We do.
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- Reflections on the 2017 Philip Larkin Exhibition at Hull
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Author Archives: RJ
And a Child Shall Lead Them
Today, May 24, was another walk-out-of-school day for thousands of children in 110 countries, urging their governments to take quick and meaningful action to avert environmental catastrophe. If only the politicians, and us, for that matter, would listen. It’s certainly, … Continue reading
Coming to Our Senses
Do you remember any of those asteroid disaster movies? Depending on how you do the counting, there were at least seven of these goosebump films, assuring you nightly bouts with insomnia. One of my favorites has to be Meteor (1979), … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Alternative für Deutschland, Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, climatologists, climatology, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Donald Trump, European Institue of Climate and Energy, Global Warming, Green New Deal, gulf Stream, Heartland Institute, Humboldt current, long range weather forecasts, long ranger weather forecasts, meterologists, meterology, Petition Project, Pew Research Center, United Nations
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Scrubbing George Washington from History: Who’s Next?
Just a few days ago comes news that a San Francisco school district is mulling getting rid of a series of murals honoring our first president because a commissioned working group alleges it’s traumatizing students. Imagine my surprise that founding … Continue reading
A weekend Romp with Georgia O’Keeffe
My daughter has been visiting us the last several days in connection with her Amazon conference in Albuquerque. Since we moved to Santa Fe from Kentucky last July, she’s been curious to see what drew us here, so we’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in People
Tagged Abiquiu, Georgia O'Keefe Museum, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, Santa Fe
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Oliver Sacks’ Ambivalence on Living in the Digital Age
There isn’t anything I enjoy more in a stress-laden world than a time-out for a good read. Books lend me a purview of how others experience life, lending sagacity and connection with my fellows. Books teach me that I’m not … Continue reading
My Book Draw-List for 2019
One thing I like about any dawning New Year is the compiling of lists, which come in various genres like resolutions, lead events, best albums, movies, TV programs and, of course, roll calls of individuals who’ve passed before the New … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged book draw-bag 2019, booklist, booklist 2019, RalphJoly's booklist for 2019
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An Upstart Poet I Like a Lot
I’ve had this love affair with poetry since my earliest days, relishing metaphors that translate life from prose to camera, the sheer musicality of it, the crossword deliberation it compels, the tension of its paradoxes capturing life’s myriad, inherent subtleties; … Continue reading
And a Child Shall Lead Them: Healing What Ails Us
I was talking just a few minutes ago with my better half, wondering just how I used to spend my idle hours before the Internet came into vogue. As is, I’m cuffed to a binary lodestone, whether smart phone, iPad, … Continue reading
The Plight of Native Americans in a White America
The White Man’s misdeeds in America towards its indigenous peoples are incalculable in number and cruelty. I was reminded of this last week when Karen and I visited the Grand Canyon and learned from the Visitor Center that Yavapai and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Politics, Reflections
Tagged Native Americans, Sioux, Sitting Bull, Standing Rock Protests, Wounded Knee massacre
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Why We Name Our Children as We do.
Have you been following today’s trend in baby names? Whatever happened to names like George, Susan, Henry, Robert, Marvin, Kenneth, and Molly? Names typically follow fashion and fashion, of course, changes just like clothing, hairstyles, and music favorites. We’ve this … Continue reading
