“Lend me your ears and I’ll tell you a story…” (opening line of a song written by my father)
Stories are powerful. Stories can shape our entire outlook on life, our belief systems, our sense of identity. Storytelling ’round the fire has been an integral form of human communication from time immemorial. Think of all the [...]
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Storytelling
Posted in Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, tagged belief systems, fairy tales, Religion, storytelling on 28 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reality According to Islam…According to Me
Posted in Middle East, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, tagged Christianity, Civilization, Islam, Judaism, Middle East, Religion, terrorism on 24 March, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A reader recently left the following comment on my “about” page. (Sorry, Marjana, I’m going to delete it since I’m addressing your question here in a lengthy post and, well, no offense or anything but I kind of like my about page to just be my personal “about” statement). Anyway, here is the question:
Hello. I [...]
Thoughts on the wild places
Posted in Environment, Society & Culture, tagged Alaska, Alone in the Wilderness, Chris McCandless, Dick Proenneke, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer on 15 March, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lots of people, including me, have fantasies about just ditching it all and moving to some wild, untamed place and living off the land. For me it is the proverbial “cabin in the woods,” but for others it is a cottage by the sea (either on a tropical island or on some pristine northern coast), [...]
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