The Neue Galerie’s big spring show, “Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937,” was close to three years in the making, but the pay off in the timing was that it opened more or less on the heels of the discovery of...
My sermon for Palm and Passion Sunday was titled "Hating Life." It explored the words in John, "Those who love their life will lose it, and those who hate their life will save it." Are we called to a life-hating faith or is there a...
Master wordsmith David Ives is probably best known for his evenings of one-act comedies, All In The Timing and Time Flies. All In The Timing won the Outer Critics Circle Playwriting Award, ran for two years Off-Broadway, and in the 1995-96 season, was the most performed play in the country...
[caption id="attachment_40173" align="aligncenter" width="194"] Spectacular necklace patterned on the Julius Set, a chaotic mathematical arrangement. Contains 2000 diamonds and sapphires.[/caption] We arrived in the Big Apple on Monday, toast from a cross-country trip (in a truck. Long story). But, stalwart souls that we are, we hit...
Get-together to celebrate on April 22 Wilkinson Public Library and the Friends of the Library are pleased to announce that a new book return drop box has been installed on the porch of the M&M Mercantile in Placerville (240 Front St.) and is now in service....
Last Sunday my sermon featured the important concepts of repentance and mind. Many Christians do not fully grasp the connection between some of Christianity's key concepts with the larger context of Greek philosophy and religion. The message of repentance (metanoia) is an invitation to change...
My name is Susan and I am a chocoholic. So when I came across these 35 killer recipes in HuffPost Taste, I had to share – starting with the Dulce de Leche confection from Two Peas and their Pod. (Although I refuse to share...
Here's a thoughtful article, 20 Daily Practices that Changed My Life, that appeared in the Elephant Journal by Camille Willemain; a coconut-loving, barefoot, beach bum who finds bliss exploring the endless possibilities of the Earth. She aims to inspire people to release their fears, chase their dreams, and do...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi have a lot to say and are using the power of their celebrity to say it. Here's an interesting discussion between these two very successful women that appeared in the New York Times this week, A Power Lunch, Times Two. Talk...
Last Sunday, my sermon addressed our need to recognize both the objective and subjective aspects of our consciousness. We live in interesting times, when the objective or rational mode of knowing has displaced much of the old subjectivity. What we see emerging, however, are new...
