Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

OCTOBER 26 2022 THE VERY LAST MARRIAGE Today Chaos is the universal condition. We have really screwed things up, and it looks increasingly that remedies are impossible, so we have to live with the consequences of our past conduct and … Continue reading →

October 19 2022                                  THE DEATH OF A SINGLE TREE.                                  Nobody can escape death, yet we all try;  Trees are life: we kill them and we die. Death is part of life: just look at ‘fall’, when trees, in multi-colored shades, … Continue reading →

October 12 2022. DEMENTIA Dementia, the word, is pure Latin, used by Cicero and various Roman authors, indicating senselessness and insanity. Its root is ‘mens’, also Latin of course, meaning ‘mind, reason, and understanding’. Our own word ‘men’, designating our … Continue reading →

 October 5 2022  BOMBS. Some commentators, Tocqueville and Fukuyama among them, tell us that society needs religion, because, they say, its absence advances anarchy and despotism. Religion, supposedly, teaches us direction and purpose and pursues aims beyond personal gain. There … Continue reading →

September 28 2022 VENGEANCE The oceans are angry; the earth is boiling with rage. When sailors first approached the American shores, the fish were so plentiful that lowering a bucket into the salt waters would yield a teeming catch. Today … Continue reading →

September 21 2022 THE END? The past week was an emotional one, dominated by the late Queen Elizabeth II. It reminded me of another queen, Victoria, who on January 22 1901, died at the age of 81. She passed away at Osborne … Continue reading →