Interesting local connection: Joan Mondale's uncle was a director at the Cincinnati Art Museum
29Jan14 Pete Seeger
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?_r=0
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Obituaries
4Feb14 Joan Mondale Dies at 83; Merged Politics With Art - NYTimes.com
29Jan14 Pete Seeger
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?_r=0
29Jan14 Pete Seeger
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/arts/music/pete-seeger-songwriter-and-champion-of-folk-music-dies-at-94.html?_r=0
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Movies, TV, Books, & Music on death & dying
Here's a very interesting series on death & the civil war on PBS' American Experience. We might watch this in class, but if you're interested, go ahead and take a peak.
Post your other finds & favorites here.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Here's a favorite song of mine. It is very old-fashioned -- classic bluegrass. My classmates and I were taught the song in college by a professor. Both versions have multiple musicians.
This is another version -- a medley:
Post your other finds & favorites here.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Here's a favorite song of mine. It is very old-fashioned -- classic bluegrass. My classmates and I were taught the song in college by a professor. Both versions have multiple musicians.
This is another version -- a medley:
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Current Events
27Jan14
26Jan14
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/01/22/michigan-nurses-iran
An organ donation from a brain-dead Iranian woman, whose family in Iran teaches the U.S. medical staff something new and profound.
David Brooks (NYTimes) essay on Presence
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/opinion/brooks-the-art-of-presence.html?ref=davidbrooks&_r=0
What experience have you had with sitting with someone who has suffered a difficult situation? Did you feel uncomfortable? Were there others who handled the situation better? What would you do differently now?
I always knew I’d die, without knowing when. But now I
knew it acutely.
26Jan14
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/01/22/michigan-nurses-iran
An organ donation from a brain-dead Iranian woman, whose family in Iran teaches the U.S. medical staff something new and profound.
David Brooks (NYTimes) essay on Presence
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/opinion/brooks-the-art-of-presence.html?ref=davidbrooks&_r=0
What experience have you had with sitting with someone who has suffered a difficult situation? Did you feel uncomfortable? Were there others who handled the situation better? What would you do differently now?
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Dr. B and Brain-Death in the news
27Jan14 Update on Texas case
What did you think about Dr. B's visit with us? What was most interesting? Most shocking?
What do you think about these cases in the news?
Doctors had cited a Texas law that prevents them from
withdrawing or withholding “life-sustaining treatment” from a pregnant patient.
What did you think about Dr. B's visit with us? What was most interesting? Most shocking?
What do you think about these cases in the news?
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