Category: Culture
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Lessons From A Dung Beetle
We see dung beetles often on our walks across the crunchy soil that passes for roadways in our little village. I confess I have an affinity for them. It is a kind of admiration, really. I don’t feel as strongly about them as I do turtles but I do admire them. Why? Because dung beetles…
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Themes, and The Movies You Should Watch
Art imitates life, and this year’s Oscar movies demonstrate the truth of that in two important ways. But even with that, there are some gems. But first, let’s talk about themes. That is one of my favorite things to look at. The first theme connecting these films is an anti-military bent. This is not just…
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Top Gun Avatar Western Women Fabelmans Tar Everywhere Elvis Banshees Triangle
The batch of movies offered to us this year by Oscar is an unusually poor group. Some of these movies are really good, but there is not a stand out movie like CODA last year or Spotlight a few years ago which stands up and shouts ‘I am the obvious winner here’. It is an…
