Flying Eagle Point of View
in Nature
“This church with which we should be thinking is the home of all, not a small chapel that can hold only a small group of selected people,” he said. “We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.”
Here's the interview with Pope Francis: A Big Heart Open to God
From the Radiolab site:
We've all felt it, that irresistible urge to point the finger. But new technologies are complicating age-old moral conundrums about accountability. This hour, we ask what blame does for us -- why do we need it, when isn't it enough, and what happens when we try to push past it with forgiveness and mercy?
Blame
This is amazing!
the keeper of language : The Irish Times
Seamus Heaney died today in Dublin. He was one of my early poetry loves.
Seamus Heaney - Walking on air against his better judgment - The Boston Globe
I was fortunate enough to be able to get tickets to a reading he gave in Chicago last October. He was here to help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of Poetry magazine. What a lovely evening it was!
A little background on this shot: I took it on January 11, 2005 in Gainesville, FL, at the corner of University Avenue and 13th ST. The Iraq War was nearing its 2 year mark and people were organizing Peace Rallies around the country. That's my mom holding up the banner with Martin Luther King's powerful words; she was 76 years old.
The Fifties, by David Halberstam
This book is available in the U.S. today for $1.99.