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Category: Selected posts Culture and Humanity

Reflections of the Eight Decade

  • Culture

Butterflies, Phantoms, and the Memory of Delight

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

Solomon’s Crooked Crown

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on December 13, 2024October 21, 2025
  • Culture

Rūmī : The Mystical Poet Across Time and Cultures

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on October 12, 2024October 21, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Albert Camus: Autumn and the Cyclical Nature of Life

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on September 21, 2024November 9, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Newfoundland Dogs: The Best Companions One Could Have

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on April 11, 2024October 15, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Contemplations: Eight Decades of Life

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on February 4, 2024May 22, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

Elegance and Enlightenment:

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on December 29, 2023November 9, 2025
  • Culture & Humanity

The Captivating History of “Little Bell”

  • by WJJH
  • Posted on December 26, 2023July 31, 2025

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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