I was reading some news from the UK today and it struck me how lucky that nation is to be so enriched with citizens bringing ideas and culture from so many parts of the world. It’s how the world grows, how it’s supposed to grow. I know there are many who deplore the changes to …
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Breaking the Heat
The wind is blowing–cool air comes down out of the mountains,night comes over the skyfilled with clouds. Summer heat flees on the wind,last of the summer darkenswith the end of the day. Curtains billow like sailsout into the airand in again, floating on the windon its changes. I turn off the fans,false winds,open all the windows,all …
“Aren’t you kind of old to be so cynical?”
I look at some of the young people around today and they are a lot less bullshit-inclined or fooled than other generations have been: Less trusting of authority, more spin-proof. While this might look like cynicism sometimes, it may also closely resemble common sense. Cynicism is a result of disappointed trust combined with a sense …
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