

Gratitude Friday 8 22 25 Ruddigore and the 1985 Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre
Recently, I reflected on the summer of 1985, which was 40 years ago. I was twenty and it was a difficult summer for me. At the time, I...
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Gratitude Friday 8 15 25 Reading as a Path to Freedom
“ Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom,...
Aug 153 min read


Gratitude Friday 08 08 25 The Great Le Coup of 1974
I recently ran across a reference to the high walker between the World Trade Center towers, and event I recall from my childhood. Fifty...
Aug 84 min read


Gratitude Friday 8 1 25 The Long View Lessons of the Games of the XI Olympiad
89 years ago today, Adolf Hitler opened up the 1936 Summer Olympics. Even people who do not follow history have seen photos of the...
Aug 14 min read