Archive for March 2025
Refuge for the Broken-Hearted: Solace of Literature
Many brilliant thinkers have written many sparkling sentences about the solace of literature during personal and shared dark times — “The Consolations of Writing: Literary Strategies of Resistance from Boethius to Primo Levi” by Rivkah Zim and “Literature and Consolation: Fictions of Comfort” by Jürgen Pieters spring to mind. But I’m not an academic. I’m…
Read MoreA Refuge For The Broken-Hearted — Laughing at Nazis
Today is Ostara, the Spring Equinox, a time of balance and rebirth. So Blessed, Merry Ostara to all. Particularly the ‘merry’ bit. More on that below. (hint: it’s a superpower) Ostara’s roots are old, and although some claim it’s a relatively new ‘Wiccan’ holiday, it transcends all such (slightly condescending) naming. I mean, come on……
Read MoreA Refuge For The Broken-Hearted – soup and community
White Soup Bowl by Anne Coster Vallayer 1771 I made soup last Friday morning, and as happens so often when I cook, it was an unreasonable amount of soup. Enough to feed at least six when we are only two: My Best Beloved me, and sweet small dog. So, three really, but Maggie the…
Read MoreRefuge for the Broken-Hearted – a beginning
View into the Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge in Delaware Perhaps you are like me. I’m a Virgo with a list for almost everything, and my spice drawer is organized alphabetically. I mean, how do you find the cumin if it’s not next to the coriander? I do very poorly in chaos and uncertainty.…
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