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Category: Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

This domain nurtures the human — not the merely transactional — dimensions of life. Here you’ll find essays on memory, perception, cultural experience, and the continuity of significance across time.
From reflections on books, music, nature, and art, to letters and contemplations shaped by a lifetime of observation, this space anchors the blog in what it feels like to live a thoughtful life. These pieces explore how meaning persists — and how it alters — as the world changes around us.

  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

The Netherlands: Nature and the Flows of Ebb and Tide

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 2, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

A Blog in the Age of Noise

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on August 24, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Zen Time in the Twilight Zone — A Revisit and Afterthought

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on August 8, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

The Elephant in the Newsroom

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on August 5, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

In the Company of Words

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

Pandora’s Jar: The Perils of Hope

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 28, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

The Company I Keep

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 25, 2025July 26, 2025
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

The Shadow of Fear, Humanity at the Brink

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 22, 2025July 23, 2025
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Where queens rule, kings fall, and blunders become small victories in disguise.

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 19, 2025January 10, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Nocturnes and Nostalgia

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 18, 2025November 10, 2025
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Grace, Grit, and a Hearing Aid

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 12, 2025July 29, 2025
Switzerland, South Africa, and Japan
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Echoes of Travel, Shadows of Time

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 7, 2025July 29, 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 Voltaire, in his delightful book Micromegas and used in Micromegas Returns: Lessons in Humility - What would Voltaire’s cosmic traveller say if he visited Earth in 2026? A satirical reflection on human folly, dignity, and the need for humility in a fragile world.

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