Scream

Do you scream?

Your whole and holy self

I am a book aficionado. I dream of a home library where minds meet to read and discuss books.

I was looking through a shelf recently and came across M. Scott Peck's " The Different Drum, Community Making and Peace". I have many books that have not been read. This was one of them. It looks like this was the right stage in my life to read it. I am so ready to understand the concepts he discusses that I have been soaking it all in.

This passage is striking:

"Paradoxically, then, a group of humans becomes healing and converting only after its member have stopped trying to heal and convert. Community is a safe place precisely because no one is trying to heal or convert you, to fix you, to change you, Instead, the members accept you as you are, You are free to be you. And being so free, you are free to discard defenses, masks, disguises; free to seek your own psychological and spiritual health; free to become your whole and holy self."

Julia the spy

That famous chef Julia Child had a secret at the time when the Nazis threatened the world.

Photo from AZCentral.com

The secret came out today when the National Archives released a list of the names found in the previously classified files identifying nearly 24,000 spies who formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the United States.
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Fantasies and Deadwood

I first saw these cards known as Pondering Pool, at Changing Hands bookstore. I like visual interpretations of ideas and philosophies, and these even come with a touch of humor.

This one is me: "Chopping up useless thoughts... clearing room to dream."

Do Schools Kill Creativity - Sir Ken Robinson

A talk about education, and his defenition of creativity.

Anthony Lewis on C-SPAN

I'm back watching C-SPAN and I caught an "After Words" interview with Anthony Lewis who discussed the First Amendment and his book Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment.

These "After Words" interviews are, in my view, really about several elements. The guest, and the topic/book, but just as importantly, the guest interviewer. This one piece was outstanding, and, of course, informative.

Living history

The school where my children go everyday is a very welcoming place and I get to enrich my life with the stories from children's book writers, or, in this case, the stories of a woman who lived the Civil Rights Movement and knew Mrs. King personaly. She talked about a book commissioned the the Smithonian Institute that depicts MLK's legacy. Pretty high on my coolness scale.

In Treatment 01

Who else is looking forward to the new HBO series In Treatment 01 with Gabriel Byrne and others? It promises to be an all time favorite.