Tag Archives: tradition

Remember—and Re-member: Habits of Life (8)

15 May

It isn’t only old people who talk about the past, but it certainly is old people (like me). Memory is in fact one of the greatest gifts of life, to be able to call to mind the events, places, relationships … Read More »

Passing on the baton (I am not, but I hope I am)

22 Jun

I’m working my way through Barack Obama’s presidential memoir A Promised Land. Actually it is just the first volume and 712 pages plus index it’s a big read. He set out to write the whole thing in one 500 page … Read More »