Quote for Today: Roman Payne
I fancied my luck to be witnessing yet another full moon. True, I’d seen hundreds of full moons in my life, but they were not limitless. When one starts thinking …
Dawn without Memory: ISIS in Palmyra
Last May, the Islamic State took the ancient city of Palmyra. Why should we care that it is being destroyed? ISIS doesn’t have a good track record with UNESCO World …
Quote for Today: Sarah Kay
I love hands like I love people. They are the maps and compasses with which we navigate our way through life: feeling our way over mountains passed and valleys crossed, …
Quote for Today: Willie Nelson
One of the secrets to my sound is almost beyond explanation. My battered old Martin guitar, Trigger, has the greatest tone I’ve ever heard from a guitar. … If I picked …
A Tale of Two Conchitas: Reflections on That Obscure Object of Desire
Why do we frequently make judgements on others based upon their appearance and manner without taking into account their actions? If you are familiar with Luis Buñuel’s 1977 film masterpiece …
Quote for Today: Malcolm X
Because you can’t hate the roots of a tree, and not hate the tree. You can’t hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. ―Malcolm X, 1965
Quote for Today: Frida Kahlo
Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing. —Frida Kahlo
Echoes of Water: Drumming by Katherine McDaniel
Humans living in modern cities have access to medicine, food and abundance. Despite opportunities, why are many of us unfulfilled? A few years ago, Houston Grand Opera sponsored a magical program …
Quote for Today: Rebecca Solnit
If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason — its fluidity, mobility, changeability that make it …
Quote for Today: L. Frank Baum
“All the same,” said the Scarecrow, “I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had …