Tag Archives: Simone Weil

Religious Freedom Day: A Humanist Activist Mystic Christian Philosopher

Religious Freedom Day was established on January 16th by the U.S. Congress in 1992. It celebrates the enactment in 1786 of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson, who asked that his tombstone recognize that he was … Continue reading

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A Poem for the Day of Simone Weil’s Birth

Simone Weil (1909-1943), was a French philosopher, Christian mystic and political activist. Disregarding her frail health, Weil worked for a year in factories to better understand the working people she was trying to help as a trade unionist. She was described … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: February 3, 2019

February 3rd is Carrot Cake Day The Day the Music Died * Women Physicians Day * Four Chaplains Memorial Day * National Missing Persons Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Elizabeth Blackwell, Percival Prattis and Eric Holder, click

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Word Cloud: EVERYDAY

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I wrote this poem after opening my copy of For the Sleepwalkers to begin work on an earlier, shorter version of this profile, which I originally published at another website. There was still a faint smokiness in the … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: February 3, 2018

February 3rd is National Woman Physician Day * Bubble Gum Day * Carrot Cake Day National Wear Red Day * The Day the Music Died * Four Chaplains Memorial Day * National Missing Persons Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Edwin Booth, … Continue reading

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