Some thoughts on truth and believability, which are not the same thing. Truth can be slippery and discerning it can take some effort on the reader’s or listener’s part. It’s as easy to be deceived as to be enlightened.
Mark Twain had no trust or love for majority rule, but since our country is supposedly democratic, how does that mistrust of majority rule align with what kind of country the US wants to be? There’s a lot of anti-democratic feelings boiling up in the country now.
Beekeeping is an important, though small activity in Jefferson County. The people who do raise bees and harvest honey are closely attuned to their environment.
Making friends from strangers has never been easy. The reasons I’ve analyzed in my own case are tied to who I am as a personality, but also who I chose to be.
John McWhorter is a Black man who rejects the idea that Black people have any right to criticize their present station in life. He argues that staying woke in the face of racism and the attention given by white people to anti-racism is demeaning of Black people. This in spite of the fact that the term woke and the reality of racism reflects the experience and testimony of Black people themselves.
Learning continuously is important in aging well. Learning a language is shown to be especially beneficial.