• To Find a Voice

    The World Food Program was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its response to the surge in global hunger across the world brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. David Beasley, the program’s executive director was found in the field — Niger– elated to turn the spotlight on the millions who struggle to have enough to eat. Niger is a landlocked country and prone to draught and famines. The people around him were clapping and dancing with joy. Oh turn your swords into “ploughshares.” The American poet Louise Gluck (pronounced Glick) won the Nobel Prize for Literature. I do not know her poetry well, but bookstores will soon be replenished of…

  • A Solitary Orange Tree

    Today I heard a 9 year old child named Colin who has brain cancer say: “If you want to be a fireman, then be a fireman.” Here is a young boy facing his own immortality speaking with words of wisdom and courage. Too often it takes us years to do what we have always wished and dreamed of. It didn’t take him long to follow his heart’s desire. Recently they declared him a policeman in Ithaca and his spirit soared. Unless a miracle happens, he will not be able to carry out his duties for very long, but I believe he has already fulfilled more than most of us. He has…