RESPECTING TRADITION AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
Years ago, I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC shortly after it opened. I was overwhelmed by the different exhibits.
Read moreON TURNING 70
As I approached my 70th birthday last week, I realized that 70 suddenly doesn’t seem all that old any more.
Read moreTHE PAST IN THE PRESENT
Virginia Woolf:
The past only comes back when the present runs so smoothly that it is like the sliding surface of a deep river.
SMELLS OF THE PAST
While bicycling along the Charles this past week, I smelled cigar smoke. The smell brought a smile to my face – or at least to my mind.
Read moreTHE COMPANIONSHIP IN READING
May Sarton:
I am drawn to people, for I am one myself, for whom literature is a passion, deep rather than wide readers, who discover the great works as Marc had discovered #Proust, feel themselves companioned by certain writers throughout a lifetime, follow every clue about the invention of characters in their books, one might almost say lead double lives.
THE BENEFITS OF LUCK
George Sarton:
Every creature needs luck, and he is very ungrateful who ascribes his success to his merit and naught else.