Aging: The Surprise
I awoke today preoccupied with thoughts about aging and its place in a life—Thoughts about aging as a phenomenon and as my experience and how it came on me as a surprise. I then moved to an obvious question: When does aging begin? (I know well enough when it ends.) My...The End of Our World
Having wandered Earth for 200,000 years, it may be time for Homo sapiens to consider that destiny did not intend its occupancy for eternity, and perhaps far short of that as such things go. Faced with certain eventualities, humans could shuffle off this mortal coil...
2022 The Northern Route – Aarhus
I have moved on to Odense tonight and Aarhus for the next two before going back to Copenhagen for my last night. Fortunately, I’m losing some of my zest for traveling or I’d be irritated at what the agent put together for my trip since leaving Norway. And even more so...2022 The Northern Route – Thoughts on History
15 October: My impression is that there’s a big difference between how people like the Danes and Americans deal with the shames and embarrassments of their history. I got no sense of pulling punches or in any way minimizing the evils perpetrated by Denmark in its...
