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This is from “The Daily Stoic”. “Both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington profited from slavery, but both knew it was wrong. Yet at the end of their lives, it was Washington who freed his slaves, not Jefferson, who had written far more eloquently about human equality as well as the eternal shame of slavery. Why […]
Steve sent an email today stating “I miss Dad – he was more of a Tiger than a wallflower.” Bob replied – “Steve, I miss your dad too. He gave me a lot of good advice growing up and we had a lot of fun in the college years with both of us going to Washington […]
These are places to visit during your trip to central Kentucky. Lexington Hampton Court neighborhood Ashland Estate – home of Henry Clay, has tours Old Fayette County Court House First Presbyterian Church Address: 171 Market St, Lexington, KY 40507 Gratz Park – historic neighborhood Address: Gratz Park, Lexington, KY 40507 Blue Stallion Brewery Address: 610 W 3rd […]
This resonated with Steve. It is from Paul Prather in the Lexington Herald-Leader 1/2/2022: “My Granny Prather, who was never a happy-go-lucky person, said balefully more than once during her senior years, “There’s a lot of things worse than dying young.” Later, when my father was in his 70s, he said to me, “Son, I […]
This is a message from Claude Jr. to Dan Zwart on his 7th birthday.
This is from a photo on Bob Zwart’s piano of his mother, Rosemary Craig Zwart, as a young lady.
Steve heard an interesting story on how a woman’s parents met. The year was about 1967, the setting is Kentucky Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, which is the second oldest psychiatric hospital in the US. Her mother was a nursing student, performing practicum at Eastern State.Her father was an orderly at Eastern State. The nursing […]
This story relayed from Bob to Steve 5/13/2021Bob, Claude Jr, and another friend went to the movies on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, CA in 1948. Because they were being noisy and rambunctious they were asked to leave. The theater required them to sign their names in order to get refunds for their tickets. Claude Jr […]
Supreme Court justice Brandeis was born in Louisville and had tremendous intellect and character. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis : Justice William O. Douglas later wrote, “Brandeis was a militant crusader for social justice whoever his opponent might be. He was dangerous not only because of his brilliance, his arithmetic, his courage. He was dangerous because he was […]
Steve took a class from the Charter for Compassion called Our Shared Humanity in January 2021. The class author and teacher is Gudjon Bergmann, and there were about 20 people in the class. The course asked regular questions to which we responded. We could comment on each others’ thoughts. I think that this class has […]