09 JAN 2017 by ideonexus
Cultural Homogenization Makes Travel Pointless
But she thought of Kuno as a baby, his birth, his removal to the public nurseries, her own visit to him there, his visits to her-visits which stopped when the Machine had assigned him a room on the other side of the earth. "Parents, duties of," said the book of the Machine," cease at the moment of birth. P.422327483." True, but there was something special about Kuno - indeed there had been something special about all her children - and, after all, she must brave the journey if he desired it. ...10 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
We Should Appreciate the Winter Solstice
We have become too wise in our own
conceits if ever we let a winter solstice go by
without a glance upward to rejoice that the
sun will sink no lower in the darkening sky
. .. We walk too hurriedly if ever we pass the
season’s first pasqueflower by, too busy to
let its meeting stay us for a quiet moment
before this token of the covenant of life to
continue in beauty despite the storm.It's a shame if we do not at least glance up at the sky to appreciate the fact that the days will be getting longer.