This morning I woke up in tears. I recognize the shape and profile of the world, but each day its nature seems to become more monstrous.
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Not All Babies are Beautiful — Says Fable
Every morning the news brings some report of the violence we are committing against one another. It makes my heart hurt. And even if we can…
MediumTruly, Madly, Deeply — A Fable Explains Why Love is Crazy
There are lots of chemical explanations about hormones and pheromones and endorphins and other manner of “scientific” reasons that purport…
MediumCan a Fable Help Us Prepare for Death?
They used to say that only two things were certain: death and taxes. Well it seems that quite a few people, possibly including the POTUS…
MediumAre You A Hungry Wolf or a Well-Dressed Dog? — Through the Fable Looking Glass
The news barrage around Harvey Weinstein reminds us of the compromises that most of us make to find our way in the world and points toward…
MediumLooking at Harvey Weinstein Through the Vintage Lens of a Fable
It’s hard to find anything about women’s rights in a fable from the 17th century. For starters, women were still considered property…
MediumI Dreamed the Second Amendment Was Repealed (Part III of Fables and Current Folly)
As you may have noticed, I am undertaking a peripatetic study of Jean de LaFontaine’s Fables. With my French theatre coach here in Paris…
MediumStill Wondering Why The Second Amendment Persists? — A 17th Century Fable Explains (Part II)
We met Power in my last post. The Wolf, The Lamb, you know it isn’t going to end well. Here’s Power again, in slightly different guise, but…
MediumWondering Why The Second Amendment Still Stands? Look To An Old French Fable
In Paris, undertaking a peripatetic study of Jean de LaFontaine’s Fables from the 1600s, I sometimes feel like the dusty old story has been…
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