Rachael's Varied Interests
Viewed this blog entry on Teru Kumayana’s work in Afghanistan over 5 1/2 months. An award-winning photojournalist, Kumayana spent 10 years taking photos in Afghanistan for Newsweek and NGOs, and “five years trying to get out.” Realizing that “his photos didn’t end the war,” he …
My son’s 1st/2nd grade class did a segment on listening this last week (this was a first for this classroom). The kids discussed what’s involved in listening and apparently concluded that it’s a “whole body” experience. They created a series of photos to illustrate this …
A sad and difficult day. I first heard this song, “A Song of Peace” at a friend’s memorial service this summer. The tune is Finlandia by Sibelius and the words are by a poet named Lloyd Stone (1912 – 1993). In the video below, it’s …
This moving story by Timothy Williams in the 7/19/11 edition of the New York Times is a question and answer with the now late Anthony Stroman, a Dallas stonecutter, who shot people he believed were Arabs following the 9/11 attacks and one of his victims, …