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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

Echoes of Time: Music as Memory and Meaning

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 27, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

What Major Historic Events do you Remember?

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 23, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Boundaries in the Age of Oversharing

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 18, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Rūmī : The Mystical Poet Across Time and Cultures

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 12, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Musings: The Value of Possessions

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 5, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Musings: What is your Priority Tomorrow?

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 29, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Albert Camus: Autumn and the Cyclical Nature of Life

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 21, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Because Life is Too Short – Shams Tabrizi

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on August 31, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Charles Baudelaire’s Poetic Exploration of Cats

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on August 2, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

Baudelaire’s Parisian Poetic Exploration

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on July 13, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

My Favourite Historical Dinner Guest

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 20, 2024January 8, 2026
  • Memory, Meaning, and Continuity

A Silver Napkin Ring

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on June 15, 2024January 8, 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: 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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