observances

Observance: Demons in the Shadowland of Autocracy, or Fear is the Mind Killer

Photo credit: yours truly Feb 25, 2025 Yesterday while I was at work and my first grader was at school, my partner’s phone rang and seconds later my partner ran into my office screaming, breathless: “They took our child! They have our child!” The phone rang again and on speaker I heard my daughter’s voice,Continue reading “Observance: Demons in the Shadowland of Autocracy, or Fear is the Mind Killer”

November 1 2024: Let’s see what we can see Driving through the Massachusetts woods, six-year old Raisa recognizes location by a rainbow-painted mailbox, a sharp bend in the road, a river crossing. Recently, she astonished me with such a noticing, able to detect that we were nearing home as we sped past a yellow bog.Continue reading “Observances”