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How is it possible that this culture-loving era could be so monstrously amoral? More and more I come to value charity and love of one's fellow being above everything else. . . all our lauded technological progress--our very civilization--is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal. Albert Einstein

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Tag Archives: Holidays

Madison Reads Leopold, 2010

By CircleReader | March 6th, 2010
"Yearly, the feathered tempest roared up, down, and across the continent, sucking up the laden fruits of forest and prairie, burning them in a traveling blast of life....Today the oaks still flaunt their burden at the sky, but the feathered lightning is no more."
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Remebering Labor, Entering Rest

By CircleReader | September 7th, 2009
To truly make this a holiday, to truly rest in praise of the goodness, truth, & beauty of Labor Day, requires contemplation.
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Watching the Cubs from Bahgdad

By CircleReader | May 25th, 2009
Here is what Memorial Day means to me today: it means remembering the connections we have to those who are elsewhere, remembering that the small things we enjoy here at home exist in a larger system of past and present service, sacrifice and justice.
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For the True Book Lover

By CircleReader | April 1st, 2009
Smell of Books? "100% DRM compatible!"
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Joy to the World (Bruce Cockburn)

By CircleReader | December 22nd, 2008
Bruce Cockburn's Christmas is a tradition around here. Thanks to Quercus126 for providing this rendition. If you want to hear it played by the man himself, it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YF8nH7J0o
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When Jesus Christ Was Born (Michelle Shocked)

By CircleReader | November 28th, 2008
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwjeEZvdhO0 It’s time for Christmas music, right? Michelle Shocked sings with her whole soul, ’cause she knows what its all about. Visit her on the web at MichelleShocked.com.
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A National Day of Listening

By CircleReader | November 27th, 2008
Only connect. Don't let the mundane stand in the way. Make the time. Be curious and honest, and keep an open heart. Find others to encourage and support you in this practice. It's simple, but it can mean the world.
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The Science of Giving Thanks

By CircleReader | November 27th, 2008
In short, acts of gratitude improve your overall well-being. That?s reason enough for me to start being more thankful for what I have.
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Another Halloween

By CircleReader | October 31st, 2008
It's that time of year again, when our culture takes a holiday originating in fall harvest and the passing of generations, and turns it into a celebration of imagination, childhood, community, misrule, aggression, terror, & trauma (as well as another opportunity for a capitalist binge).
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August, 1945

By CircleReader | August 8th, 2008
Sixty-three years ago this week, the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The enormity of the event, the inhuman scale of both this power and its consequences, is nearly impossible to communicate. How can one understand the power of a thousand suns unleashed upon whole cities? It became one of the defining stories for generations [...]
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