praise Allah…
but first tie your camel to a post. This picture was taken 4 leap years ago, in 2008, during a trip to and through the Sahara.
Tag: words
some thoughts on growing old
Aging has been on my mind of late, for various reasons. And I’ve become a little allergic to people fussing about growing old. Of course aches, pains, loss of various functions are hard to bear….
radical
It recently came to my attention that the root of the word “radical” is, um, “root.” More precisely, it’s “radix,” which means “root” in Latin. I find it intriguing, as I generally think of radical…
empathy or imagination?
Empathy has been a big word in the past few years, and there’s something about its usage that troubles me a little. What is empathy exactly? What can it accomplish? Why does it seem – to…