Helene Z. Hill ~ Courageous Woman

Monk's Progress

Dear Charles Cingolani,

I am 95 years old and one of the first female scientists who fought against scientific fraud as a whistleblower. Being a woman scientist back then was practically unheard of. Women were looked down on intellectually, expected to raise children and run a home. . .

                                                Prof. Hill's story.

How Germany reacts to the Far Right ~

Anti-fascist protest in Hamburg.

When will this happen in the USA? 

Photo: Fridays For Future Germany

She Carries on the Struggle ~ In spite of Threats

 Alexei Navalny's wife, Julia

before the European Parliament.

Photo: The Parliament Magazine

Man of Courage ~ Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny

       † Feb.16, 2024

 He was a patriot. He loved Russia, but a different one than Putin's.

                                                     Photo: AEJ

Remembering January 6, 2021

 Most Americans still wince when thinking back to this day. 

Photo: AL.com

Remembering the Day ~

 Nine Eleven

On September eleven
when it happened
while we watched
we could not help thinking about
our own thin brick walls
left standing around us
here, in the heartland.

Walled in between
panic and gratitude
we sat gaping,
not noticing
how our helpless tears
would not stop falling.

Source

Monk's Progress Started Here ~

A Nation of Maimed Men ~

For all our ingenuity, where is the inventor of a device to let landmines explode before courageous Ukrainians pass over. 

A Weighty Choice~

It is much easier to live with an illusion than with reality, . . . with a belief than with a fact. 

Bolsonaro ~

                                                                                                       Wikipedia

Brazil's answer:  Not allowed to run for office until 2030.

                                                                        

Wisdom ~

Only the man who is able to stand alone can see reality as it is, free from the opinion of others.   

At My Window ~ Summer Gift

This happened without my doing.

Boris Johnson ~ Made to Resign

                                                                           BBC

 Will the USA follow suit?

Morning Walk ~ Lake of Constance, Germany

 The whole family came paddling by . . . 

A ReliableTest ~

 To assess a person's refinement: watch him while eating. 

The Cosmos ~

 We can only look out there and wonder . . . 

Learning to Cope ~

 The most important dialog is the one between me and myself.