A few years after my father died, I had written an email to someone who had witnessed the love of a caregiver for his wife who had Alzheimer’s Disease. …

My father, who had been in Army Counter-Intelligence(CIC) during the Korean War, with an IQ his commanding officer called “off the charts,” later became a small-town District Attorney, during which he used to wax rhapsodic about various subjects and would come up with some one-liners that our family quotes to…

A New Book Commemorates 150 Years of Chicago’s Erie Neighborhood House — Serving Immigrants, Neighbors, and Championing Social Justice — MIPJ: Media, Information, International Relations and Humanitarian Affairs will be releasing a comprehensive history of Erie Neighborhood House (ENH) on October 15, 2020. Written by Maureen Hellwig, Ph.D. …

The Lost Daughter — For the inspiration — and in memory of — Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Where are you, my Daughter? Where is your heart, where is your mind — where is the strength of your soul striving for millennia to be released? You gave yourself up long ago to the Powers that Be…

An interview with Pandora Author/Artist/Filmmaker, Pamela Theodotou on the Cinemagraphic Novel inspired by Mary Shelley and Frankenstein On October 31st, 2019, a new visual novel appeared in the market for a limited initial print release; Pandora is a “Cinemagraphic Novel” — a term artist/author Pamela Theodotou coined to describe the…

Note: Spoilers ahead. This is another sad depiction of South America as rendered by Hollywood; it took until the last two episodes of Season 2 of Jack Ryan (available on Amazon Prime), unfortunately, for the story to become the least bit realistic. Jack and the remaining members of an…

Halloween is one of the best times of year — by default — to watch horror movies. Some would suggest that there is something about confronting what Jung would have called the shadow within us — that unseen aspect or aspects hiding in the shadows of our psyches, influencing us…

The fast track to a life well lived is feeling grateful - David DeSteno | Aeon Ideas For the Ancient Greeks, virtue wasn't a goal in and of itself, but rather a route to a life well-lived. By being honest…aeon.co

For Rachel Carson, wonder was a radical state of mind - Jennifer Stitt | Aeon Ideas In 1957, the world watched in wonder as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into outer…aeon.co