Chet Raymo, “We Are Such Stuff...”

“We Are Such Stuff...” by Chet Raymo “Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Som...

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Chet Raymo, “Examination of Conscience”

“Examination of Conscience” by Chet Raymo "I have been reading Stephanie Smallwood's “Saltwater Slavery,” a close examination of th...

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Chet Raymo, “Learning”

“Learning” by Chet Raymo “In the Preface to his lovely book “The Island Within”, about a wilderness island near his home on the coast of Ala...

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Chet Raymo, “The Sound And Fury”

“The Sound And Fury” by Chet Raymo “Not so long ago, I mentioned here Himmler and Heydrich, two of Hitler's most terrible henchmen. A fr...

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Chet Raymo, "Like Rubies Ringed With Gold"

"Like Rubies Ringed With Gold" by Chet Raymo "Here's a new Hubble Space Telescope  composite photograph  of two colliding...

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Chet Raymo, “The Restless Heart”

“The Restless Heart” by Chet Raymo “In ‘Letters to a Young Poet’, Rainer Maria Rilke writes: "We should try to love the questions thems...

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Chet Raymo, "Dust"

"Dust" by Chet Raymo "In Chekhov's play "The Three Sisters" sister Masha refuses "to live and not know why...

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