Monthly Archives: November 2024

TCS: To Lose in Ignorant Blindness What We Might Hold Fast

Posted on November 25, 2024 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! _____________________________ “Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.”– Gloria Steinem ________________ “If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened — that, surely, was more terrifying than … Continue reading →

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TCS: Give Me a Song of Hope and a World Where I Can Sing It

Posted on November 18, 2024 by wordcloud9

   Good Morning! _____________________________ I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.– Alexandre Dumas ________________ Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth … Continue reading →

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TCS: Turning the Wrong Corner, Into a Glare of Light

Posted on November 11, 2024 by wordcloud9

    Good Morning! _______________________________ “Time is what we want most,  but what we use worst.” – William Penn ________________ “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was … Continue reading →

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TCS: O Fellow Citizen, What Have They Done to Us?

Posted on November 4, 2024 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! _______________________________ “There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.” – Mary Renault, author of Fire From Heaven ________________ “Here we are, the most clever species ever … Continue reading →

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