“To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.” Locke “The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.” Machiavelli I am certain that I am not the only writer who is having difficulty […]
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“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” –Edward Abbey Trees grow tall and deep, with their roots often connecting in complex systems that are among the Earth’s largest organisms. These forests can grow in the alpine for thousands of years, quietly quaking in the breeze and withstanding the most
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When Gary Nicholson, conductor of the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony, first announced what our major project would be for the second semester, I admit that I wasn’t overly thrilled with playing the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony. At the time, I viewed the composer as one who drifted in limbo between the romantic era of classical music.
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The babushka is the one constant iconic figure in Russian culture. The first thing you need to know about them is how to properly pronounce their title as westerners often mispronounce it. The emphasis is on the first syllable: BAH-boosh-ka. This title can mean elderly woman, grandmother or granny, but in general it gets treated
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Most children own some type of electronic device or smartphone. With this comes an almost constant connection to a virtual world, including social media. Young people are more technologically “connected” than ever. Yet this generation suffers an overwhelming sense of isolation and loneliness. Depression and anxiety rates are higher in teenagers than they have ever
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“After babyhood self-improvement becomes a private matter. Physical, mental, or moral, please attend to it where I can’t see you if you care to avoid my disgust. Public primping with a vanity glass is not the worst of it, though bad enough.” –Robert Frost
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