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

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Author: WJJH

I am a lifelong observer of the world’s contradictions — a traveller through politics, culture, and personal experience. I began writing this blog in 2003, during the Iraq war, to express concern about the course of international events. Over time, these reflections have expanded into broader meditations on truth, freedom, and the human condition. I write not to persuade, but to offer a quiet counterweight in a noisy world.
Prism
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

What Remains When All Else Fades

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 12, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Power, Order, and the World

Israel: A European Reflection

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 9, 2025November 10, 2025
Cordon Sanitaire – Geert Wilders – The runaway
  • Democracy, Society, and Responsibility

Morning in The Netherlands

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 4, 2025August 2, 2025
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Books That Left Their Mark

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 3, 2025October 12, 2025
  • Democracy, Society, and Responsibility

The Drums of War

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 3, 2025January 10, 2026
Ovid banished from Rome
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

OVID: “It is convenient there should be Gods”

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 30, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

An Octogenarian’s Farewell to a Lost Friend

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 24, 2025July 28, 2025
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

A Farewell in Silence: Mahler’s Ninth in Amsterdam

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 23, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Democracy, Society, and Responsibility

The Weed in the Garden:  On Rob Riemen and the Return of Fascism

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 19, 2025August 18, 2025
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

My “Octogenarian” Blog

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 17, 2025January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Ten Years? Let’s Not Tempt the Gods

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 21, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

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

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 4, 2025January 10, 2026

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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 is from Gustav Flaubert "Everyone would rather be a madman than a fool," used in "Madman and Fools: Flaubert, Gogol, Nietzsche, and the Noise of Our Time."

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