Radiolab - Blame

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

 

 

Seamus Heaney : "the keeper of language"

the keeper of language : The Irish Times 

Seamus Heaney died today in Dublin.  He was one of my early poetry loves. 

 

Seamus Heaney - NYT

 

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!

Reading: Seamus Heaney 

 

 

Noli timere. - Seamus Heaney’s last words, in a text to his wife, Marie.
— http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23929480

Martin Luther King: Advancing the Dream

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. 

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' MLK

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' MLK