water reflection kaye cornish https://unsplash.com/s/photos/water-reflection-kaye-cornish It’s Sunday. A distinctively American tradition of church attendance by many, clearly not all faiths, will be practiced by me today because we are at an undeniable crossroads that will not let one of us bury our heads in the sand and not pay attention. …

Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Staël-Holstein by artist Marie-Eleonore Godefroid On the precipice of a country revolving backwards to embrace the worst of past atrocities I am left with one word that signifies the last 6 years of back-peddling. Disillusionment. The present should always represent hope, a mirror of reflection…

I’m currently reading Lyndsey Stonebridge’s “Writing & Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights” Oxford University Press, 2021. A short readable volume on current events melding with past events through the eyes of literature and critical thought sublime, with a thorough cast of characters….Arendt, Dunne, Woolf, Saadi, Freud, Sontag….Balibar’s…

Week 14 This is it! I’m back to work on site full time tomorrow. I hope you have enjoyed this experiment in broadening our musical lexicon. Cheers! Day 92: A Reason to Fight-Disturbed Through Glass-Stone Sour Under Your Scars-Godsmack Blurry-Puddle of Mudd Everlong-Foo Fighters Day 93: Moonlight Sonata on One Guitar-Marvin…

While statues, most people ignored, are toppling let us reflect on the big picture. This is happening because we have ignored too much for way too long. Will it go too far? Will it actually go far enough? The good news is they are only statues erected to honor a…

With the new excitement over Hamilton the musical being released on the Disney channel comes a surge of interest in Alexander Hamilton again with little forethought to Aaron Burr. …

Week 13 Day 85: Fake Plastic Trees-Radiohead Freedom-George Michael Roll Me Mama, Roll Me-Ray LaMontagne All I Want is You-U2 Billie Jean (Michael Jackson cover)-The Civil Wars Day 86: When Bad Does Good-Chris Cornell Que, Sera, Sera-Pink Martini Innocent-Fuel Daniel (Elton John cover)-Fuel If You Could Only See-Tonic Day 87: Someone…

Do we truly understand what personhood really is? This is the most important question at the most important time in history. We have spent the past pretending personhood could be measured by success, color, intelligence, gender, etc.. We have spent thousands of years defining membership into personhood. Personhood can never…

Week 12 Day 78: Not that Kind-Anastasia Used to Rule the World-Bonnie Raitt Prove your Love-Taylor Dayne Blood Muscle Skin and Bone-Brandi Carlile Woman’s World-Cher Day 79: Vienna-Billy Joel I Want Love-Elton John Secret of Life-James Taylor When We Dance-Sting Human Nature-Michael Jackson Day 80: Never Gonna Break My Faith-Aretha Franklin Dreams-Fleetwood…