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Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

My last words on 2020 from Thomas Browne’s Urn Burial

Oblivion. Death. The rites we practise to farewell the dead. What better themes to end 2020? This afternoon I have begun a reading plan for 2020 that incorporates listening to…

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Posted on December 27, 2020

The year of fear: 2020 in review

The year of fear 2020 has been the year of the Great Fear. This Fear has locked us down in safety. This Fear has opened the gate to soft totalitarianism.…

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Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

The freedom of internal exile: 2020 in review

The freedom of internal exile So much of this year I have struggled with the moral crisis of how to endure and to live well through a corrupt, decaying, failing…

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Posted on December 20, 2020

Fragments from my diaries – the year in review

Throughout the year I have kept a diary in a an A5 black notebook of 200 pages or so. I have followed this practice for quite some years now, and…

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Posted on December 18, 2020

Viral Meltdown – Year in Review

As part of my The Kaeleidoscope of 2020: Year in Review post I have updated with my reflections on the pandemic and lockdowns in this section, Viral Meltdown Viral Meltdown…

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Posted on December 16, 2020December 27, 2020

The kaleidoscope of 2020: year in review

A tradition that I have embraced on this blog over the last few years has been to write year in review posts in December. In 2019 I reflected on walking…

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