Tag Archives: California
The Most Complex Trip Imaginable
The Most Complex Trip Imaginable We are just back from two weeks away, the first week in Boulder and Denver Colorado, the second mostly in Riverside, California. In the envisaging stage, each week appeared daunting and the ensemble looked beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged "They Can't Cook in Colorado", a good death, a good life, against the odds, airport, anti-Jewish, bad hotel, being overwhelmed, Boulder, California, Colorado, cup runneth over, daunting journey, Denver, driving in bad weather, end of life ceremonies, fielding questions, graveside service, health-conscious dining, helpful hotel, holistic health, hostile audience, hotels, intense listening, Jewish angels, LB Martin, Loma Linda Hospital, Murphy's Law, neuropathy, neuropathy treatment, overwhelm, presenting a paper, Psalm 23, Riverside CA, School of Theology, successful talk, technical glitches, the down side, the sunny side, travel, trendy eateries, trip, vision, wheelchair support
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“Proof of Heaven”
“Proof of Heaven” We are in Riverside, California, having arrived from Phoenix, Arizona, where we had a five-minute TV appearance on Pat McMahon’s show, The Morning Scramble. Jerry had had his first radio interview with Pat, an hour-long substantive conversation … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, alimentary canal, Arizona, bacterial meningitis, bodily wisdom, body’s viewpoint, brain death, California, cognitive function, cognitive recovery, cognitive survival, coma, cultural change, cultural influence, Dante, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Dante’s Paradise, deathbed communications, Eben Alexander’s Proof of Heaven, empirical evidence, evidence, father-daughter relations, father-son relations, filial piety, heaven and hell, identity theory, liars, life as story, love as force, Materialism, materialist worldview, media visibility, medical team, medical worldview, mind and body, mortality, narrative view, natural law, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, out of body experiences, paradigm shift, Pat McMahon, peer pressure, performers, personal identity, personal responsibility, philosophers, philosophic influence, philosophic wisdom, philosophical materialists, Phoenix, professional courage, professional duty, professional responsibility, Q & A, radio interviews, Riverside, scientism, talk shows, the Big Questions, The God Show, The Morning Scramble, the paranormal, trip to heaven, truth, truthfulness, TV interviews, untruthfulness
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“Blue Jeans”
“Blue Jeans” I may be wrong, but it’s my sincere belief that I was the first woman north of Greenwich Village to put on blue jeans for daily wear in Manhattan. At least, when I began the practice, it was … Continue reading
Posted in Class, Cool, Culture, Fashion, Femininity, Gender Balance, History, Psychology, Roles, Social Conventions
Tagged America, autonomy, beauty salon, blue jeans, California, canvas cloth, ceremony, Civil War, Civilization: The West and the Rest, clothes, democratic values, designer jeans, economics, formality, freedom, gender performance, gold rush, Greenwich Village, high fashion, informality, jacob Davis, jeans, Levi Strauss, Manhattan, New York City, Niall Ferguson, sari, sex appeal, Soviet regime, status, strolling, The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Union, urban protocol, USSR, work pants, young Russians
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