Flying Eagle Point of View
in Nature
In Their Own Words: Pope Francis
in Inspiration
“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
Richie Parker - Can Do
in How to, Inspiration
Radiolab - Blame
in Science
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
Danielle - Anthony Cerniello's Aging Simulation
This is amazing!
Requiem 9/11
Give Them What They Want, When They Want It
Chicago - End of Summer Storm
Chicago - End of Summer Storm
Seamus Heaney : "the keeper of language"
in Poetry
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!
“Noli timere. - Seamus Heaney’s last words, in a text to his wife, Marie.”
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
Rim Fire
in events
Antoinette Tuff - Hero
in Inspiration
Chicago Air Show 2013
Chicago Air Show 2013
in Chicago
From One Second to the Next - Documentary - It Can Wait - Werner Herzog
Invitation to Jane Hirshfield and George Szirtes // Transatlantic Poetry on Air
in Poetry
Elaine Pagels: The Truth About the Book of Revelations - The Long Now
in Religion
What I'm Reading: The Fifties, by David Halberstam
The Fifties, by David Halberstam
This book is available in the U.S. today for $1.99.
