Monthly Archives: September 2015

“I cannot live without books” (Thomas Jefferson to John Adams)

Posted on September 25, 2015 by BigBill

I love books. I also love to read, but the two are not necessarily the same thing. Reading is for pleasure, to educate and inform myself, to “listen” to other people’s perspectives and to give me something to think about … Continue reading →

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An examined life: The Good Life

Posted on September 19, 2015 by BigBill

The movie Saving Private Ryan opens and closes with a scene set in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial overlooking Omaha Beach. In front of Captain John Miller’s grave marker (the man played by Tom Hanks in the movie), Ryan … Continue reading →

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An examined life (part 3)

Posted on September 12, 2015 by BigBill

I’ve already noted that the process of examining one’s life is more than figuring out who you are, but of determining the “ideal you.” Once the ideal is established, a critical examination of who you actually are in comparison to who … Continue reading →

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An examined life (Part 2)

Posted on September 5, 2015 by BigBill

So what exactly does it mean, to “examine one’s life”? As I’ve mentioned in these posts, what brought this to my attention so forcefully was the death of my friend Mike Katke a little over two weeks ago. There were … Continue reading →

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