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Oct 18 2022

LIVE (ONLY) FOR THE MOMENT

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity, Philosophy No Comments

Spend enough time with someone with a broken brain and you might actually learn something. Think of it as addition by subtraction. For example, I’ve learned to appreciate that for individuals living with dementia and severe memory loss the mantra…

Sep 21 2022

Love6

TRUMP ‘DISPUTES’ REALITY

By HumbleSky Culture, Random/Rants No Comments

Once upon a time, good communication mattered. Proper use of language was core schooling. A skill we aspired to command. Socially and professionally, strong vocabulary impressed. Eloquence was a virtue. Oratory, a thing of beauty. Until, that is, Donald Trump…

Aug 02 2022

Love6

LEAR, MIRREN CELEBRATE COMING OF AGE

By HumbleSky Culture, Film & TV, Longevity 2 Comments

Two of entertainment’s most accomplished and vocal proponents of active aging, both of whom celebrated birthdays this July, remind the industry and public of the value of experience, perspective and longevity. “How can a product be ‘anti-aging’?” Helen Mirren questions.…

May 04 2022

Love5

PROPAGANDA ON WRY

By HumbleSky Culture, Humility, Philosophy No Comments

A Short One-Act Play By Stuart Greenbaum SCENE ONE It’s wintertime 1950 in New York City’s Lower East Side. Seated opposite one another at a table inside popular KATZ’S DELICATESSEN, history’s two most influential “propagandists” are engaged in an animated…

Dec 21 2021

Love6

HOW IMPOR-ANT IS THIS?

By HumbleSky Culture, Random/Rants No Comments

Add the mysterious case of the missing “t” to the growing and gloomy list of phenomena destined to further degrade American culture. We’re already surrendering the written word. Acronyms, abbreviations, letters and emojis now indiscriminately replace actual words. On the…

Sep 14 2021

Love10

SURVEY RANKS DUMBEST INVENTIONS

By HumbleSky Culture, Make Believe News No Comments

MAKE BELIEVE NEWS: You can’t make this stuff up. Or can you? If someone, somewhere, somehow invents something that promises to make life “better” -- as in healthier, cheaper, richer, tastier, speedier, more convenient -- there was, is and will…

Jul 27 2021

Love11

Humility Blasts Off

By HumbleSky Culture, Make Believe News, Philosophy, Space No Comments

MAKE BELIEVE NEWS: SACRAMENTO, CA, USA -- Public interest in farthest outer space is growing exponentially across the globe. The astounding 98 percent increase is being attributed to the billions and billions of individuals who have read the new bestselling…

Jun 29 2021

Love4

WISE UP ON AGING: HOLLYWOOD GETS REAL

By HumbleSky Culture, Film & TV No Comments

Film and TV may not always do the best job or be the best way to influence public behavior. Although, when writers, directors and actors get real, the impact is as rapid, prolific and positive as any method of public…

Jun 23 2021

Love10

EMPATHY IS THE COURSE OF ACTION

By HumbleSky Culture, Humility 3 Comments

REPOST -- This essay recounting a very personal student assignment was first posted on the Humble Sky blog a couple of years ago. It was among the most commented upon. I think all of us wish we had a teacher…

Jun 15 2021

Love5

ABOUT HUMBLE SKY: I COULDN’T SAY IT BETTER

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity, Space No Comments

Independent validation: The use of impartial authorities and sources to confirm the value of something. This approach intends to positively influence support for an action or item by presenting credible, unbiased testimony, explained public relations mastermind Edward L. Bernays. So,…

LIVE (ONLY) FOR THE MOMENT

TRUMP ‘DISPUTES’ REALITY

LEAR, MIRREN CELEBRATE COMING OF AGE

PROPAGANDA ON WRY

HOW IMPOR-ANT IS THIS?

SURVEY RANKS DUMBEST INVENTIONS

Humility Blasts Off

WISE UP ON AGING: HOLLYWOOD GETS REAL

EMPATHY IS THE COURSE OF ACTION

ABOUT HUMBLE SKY: I COULDN’T SAY IT BETTER

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