Yearly Archives: 2024

The theoretical physicist and public intellectual Carl Sagan, in his science fiction novel “Contact”, tells of an advanced society from another galaxy that decides it is time to share their wormhole technology with earthlings. The technology allows humans to travel to meet them. The heroine of the story, played by Jodi Foster in.

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I am posting "the real story", the obituary I did not write for my father and some comments about his death and funeral that may be part of a memoir I want to write. The title will be "A Better Chance" and this memoir may begin with his funeral. I want.
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Death and Differentiation of Self: On Writing an Obituary and a Memoir, Perhaps

William Bland Harrison Jr. Obituary

William Bland Harrison, Jr., 102, of Stamford, died on January 7, 2024 in his own home with his family and devoted helpers at his side.   A graveside sunrise service.

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Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather Thanks to Erik for telling me about this book, “the best book on slavery,” which I finally read. I think the family described may be similar to my own family who owned slaves. When I asked my brother how our family could have owned slaves, he replied “I.
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