Category Archives: Other peoples words

Finding a Balance

“I am . . . what I am at the moment I am that . . . ”    The storyteller, “Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five” By Doris Lessing To know the world one must construct it.– Cesare … Continue reading

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I Work With the Best People.

Dear Michael,    Once again it is rather late by the time I get around to sitting at the computer and I don’t know if you will receive this before tomorrow, but I will send it off on the chance … Continue reading

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Each Life a Snowflake in a Blizzard.

“Politicians and rulers are not the makers of events, but their puppets:” “It seems to me that we do not know nearly enough about ourselves; that we do not often enough wonder if our lives, or some events and times … Continue reading

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Doris Lessing Wrote Science Fiction?

Yes, and she did it very well. I just finished the first volume of Doris Lessing‘s Canopus in Argos: Archives series. It is an astounding work of imagination combined with some insightful critical commentary on modern society, as well as … Continue reading

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Universalism at Work, A Nice Idea

“Where we are fighting a tyrant, we are all universalists. We are immediately in solidarity with each other. That’s how you build universal solidarity … it’s the struggle for freedom. Here we have a direct proof that a) freedom is … Continue reading

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