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

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Category: Musings

From the vantage point of eight decades lived, these are personal meditations on aging, memory, wisdom, and wonder.

  • Culture & Humanity

🌿November: A Walk with Memory

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 30, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

The Encyclopedia, AI, and Me

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 23, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

🎻Violins, 🌹Roses, and Butterflies🐚

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 16, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

The Internet and Humanity: Between Promise and Peril

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on November 14, 2025November 21, 2025
  • Culture

Butterflies, Phantoms, and the Memory of Delight

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 5, 2025November 9, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Morality, Pragmatism, and the Trouble with Virtue

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 7, 2025November 9, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

The Netherlands: Nature and the Flows of Ebb and Tide

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 2, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Zen Time in the Twilight Zone — A Revisit and Afterthought

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on August 8, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Nocturnes and Nostalgia

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 18, 2025November 10, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

An Octogenarian’s Farewell to a Lost Friend

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on May 24, 2025July 28, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

My “Octogenarian” Blog

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

With a Heavy Heart and Profound Sadness …

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on January 19, 2025May 8, 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 Arthur Schopenhauer, used in "Ukraine, Crimea, and the Illusion of Victory." 👇

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