Reading/713 (Master Chu)

In reading, you must keep your mind glued to the text. Only when every sentence and every character falls into place have you done a good job of thinking through the work. In general, the…

Wishful Thinking

God knows we’ve been patient First it was the emails and texts We wondered what had gotten into her We weren’t even sure what she was talking about: “Structural adjustment programs” “The preferential option” “Systemic…

Boeing’s Dr. King, Our Dr. King

You remember your Dr. King We remember ours You believe that in these times Dr. King would like diversity and inclusion You cite his “content of their character” “rather than the color of their skin”…

A Class This Spring: Improv Wisdom

There are people who prefer to say “Yes,” and there are people who prefer to say “No.” Those who say “Yes” are rewarded by the adventures they have, and those who say “No” are rewarded…

It’s Randa’s Birthday!

What a bright light you are (always have been)! How many of us are drawn to you (goodness is so alluring)! May you have decades more of birthdays (this wounded world needs you)!

How the Powerful Talk Amongst Themselves

President Richard Nixon: “We’ve got to be thinking in terms of an all-out bombing attack [of North Vietnam]…Now, by all-out bombing attack, I am thinking about things that go far beyond…I’m thinking of the dikes,…