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Reflections from the eight decade on culture, politics and the human condition

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Year: 2025

  • Culture & Humanity

My “Octogenarian” Blog

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 17, 2025October 15, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Ten Years? Let’s Not Tempt the Gods

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 21, 2025November 10, 2025
  • Culture

Fleeting Blossoms, Enduring Words: A Reflection on The Tale of Genji

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 4, 2025May 8, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Morning Rituals and Reflections

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 1, 2025October 15, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

A Personal Perspective on Tattoos: Tradition, Perception, and Choice

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on March 20, 2025May 8, 2025
The EU-US Divide
  • European Union

The End of American Exceptionalism and the European Dilemma

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on March 19, 2025May 15, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Films That Stay With Us: A Lifetime of Rewatchable Classics

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on March 15, 2025May 14, 2025
  • European Union

Europe Today: We are All Gaullists Now

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on March 11, 2025May 15, 2025
Prism
  • Culture & Humanity

Prism of Memory

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on March 9, 2025October 15, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

With a Heavy Heart and Profound Sadness …

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on January 19, 2025May 8, 2025
  • Culture

The Lotus – Rabindranath Tagore

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on January 4, 2025November 9, 2025

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Summary: Reflections from the eighth decade — on life, culture, and the state of the world. This blog offers quiet observations, drawn from a lifetime of watching, questioning, and remembering. The sun lowers, but still gives light.

Quote of the week: From Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) writer, activist, and noble prize winner and most relevant to the meaning of this quote, a holocaust survivor.

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