This morning I had the pleasure to speak at yet another high school, this time to a group of all Hungarian kids here in Unicorn City (Koloszvar in their language) and it made me truly appreciate the story of the blind men and the elephant. The original story came from India but you can read a Romanian version with a Christian interpretation aici. Over the … Continue reading The Blind Men and The Elephant
A couple of months ago I re-opened the comments here on the blog (and I’m glad I did – thanks to all of you for some really interesting input) and one particular comment to my piece A Radiant Eruption of Democracy, which talked about the money men and Gosplan and the 1976 film Network, really stuck in my head. Quite simply put, someone called me … Continue reading The Strangest Gift From America
Hopa! I am going through a transition and yesterday I felt in the position to cork off a good one. Even though I haven’t played the game in years, that’s a baseball metaphor. Metaphorically a ball came in low and away and I felt the thud in my bones as that last post connected. Bam! Obviously many of you too felt it too as I … Continue reading Brats Redux
I had the chance to meet a “fan” last night and I had a really wonderful time, chatting until quite late at night. Apparently she found the blog here over a year ago. She hasn’t come to meet me until just now because she was in the United States. In fact she’s spent most of the last 10 years in the United States. During our … Continue reading Brats
The other night while admiring the holiday decorations in the main square, a man came up to us holding a camera bag. He thought we had dropped it and was seeking to return it. I thanked him for his efforts because while it didn’t belong to us, the guy was clearly trying to do the right thing. While filming my documentary, and through my personal … Continue reading On the Kindness of Strangers
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