Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Volume 36”
Our daily newspapers are filled with painful reminders that ours is a turbulent and troubled world. Acts of violence and a disturbing number of crimes are committed every day. Ominously, there often seems to be no sense of guilt on the part of the o enders. What kind of problems will we be leaving for our children to cope with? …
There it is – a lighthouse perched on a high point overlooking the ocean, casting its beam across the waters. If it could talk, we’d learn about the many lives it has saved, the shipwrecks it has seen, and the harrowing moments it has survived. Stories about the lonely devotion of its keeper would intrigue us. But even without words, …
We sat at the airport and watched her. She was immaculately and expensively dressed and approached the check-in desk with all the confidence of an experienced traveller. We could not hear the conversation that took place, but we could read the body language. The clerk shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. The would-be traveller’s bubble of confidence burst and she began to …
