Essays
Philosophical and Political
2022 The Northern Route – Thoughts on History
15 October: My impression is that there’s a big difference between how people like the Danes and Americans deal with the shames and embarrassments of their history. I got no sense of pulling punches or in any way minimizing the evils perpetrated by Denmark in its...
2022 The Northern Route – Denmark National Museum
14 October: I spent the day in the National Museum, a place too abundant for me to cover adequately in a day. My back grows painful after standing for too long. But in addition to the astonishment of seeing so much gathered in a single place, I learned two interesting...
2022 The Northern Route – Copenhagen
Copenhagen is a noisier and dirtier city than the other capitals I’ve been in and definitely not as well maintained. But it has beautiful parks and I spent the better part of today in its botanical garden at the U. of Copenhagen. A wonderful place, just like the one...
2022 The Northern Route – Malmo
13 October: I managed to get the rental car dropped off in Malmo yesterday by only the grace of God or more likely good luck in finding a person who was very generous with his time and efforts to see that I got where I needed to be. I thought I had the route mapped...
2022 The Northern Route – Gardens
I was shocked and found it an interesting coincidence that I sat beneath it the first time I chose to just be present with all that was growing there, to silently admire the trees and other plants and feel the spirit of the place. The informational plaque beneath it...
2022 The Northern Route – Visby Redwoods
Speaking of trees, I failed to mention about Visby something important—I discovered there was a botanical garden a mile from my hotel and since I am always happy in such places I walked there a time or two each day. It’s only about 5 acres and is essentially a park...
