Life – Page 5 – TURN-STONE

Rules for living

Best of Turnstone, Community, Life, Poetry, Society, Wisdom August 8, 2022July 10, 2018 by Tom Chester

Self-help advice has long been a staple of American society, addressing many aspects of our lives. Bookstore shelves, Amazon recommendations, and Google search results are … Read more

Living history

Life, Oddments May 10, 2020June 18, 2018 by Tom Chester

Over the past three decades I have dabbled at family history research. Descending almost exclusively from common dirt farmers, I have no illusion about having … Read more

Resurrection

Life, Religion, Wisdom May 21, 2018 by Tom Chester

Although I consider myself a freethinker, I find that religious terms are often useful metaphors to apply to broader concepts. Grace is an obvious one, … Read more

Practice resurrection

Commonplace, Life, Poetry, Wisdom May 10, 2020March 11, 2018 by Tom Chester

I have been working on a longer post that touches on several themes relating to the challenges we face individually and as a society. In … Read more

Curiosity

Life, Society, Wisdom May 10, 2020February 23, 2018 by Tom Chester

I just finished reading Sundog, an early novel by Jim Harrison. In the book one of the characters remarks, “If you think about it long … Read more

Six haiku on life

Life, Poetry February 18, 2018 by Tom Chester

My father long dead visits me regularly in every mirror. We buy each day on credit, forgetting that the bill always comes due. I begin … Read more

Homo sapiens and more

Life, Society, Technology February 25, 2018January 21, 2018 by Tom Chester

In biological taxonomy, the Linnaean binomial name for the human species is Homo sapiens. The name is taken from Latin, with “Homo” meaning human being … Read more