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Contemplation and Attention

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Bob Ritzema

After turning 50, prominent psychiatrist Gerald G. May started to take solitary camping trips to wilderness areas, attempting to become more connected with nature (including his own nature). His book The Wisdom of the Wilderness: Experiencing the Healing Power of … Continue reading →

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On the Superfluity of Electric Power, the Internet, and Other Newfangled Inventions

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Bob Ritzema

James Thurber, in My Life and Hard Times, described his grandmother’s suspicions of electricity, at the time a new and mysterious technology.  She “lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all … Continue reading →

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