R.Z. Halleson's Blog, page 2

Questions Burning!

Admittedly, I’m a seeker. Always have been. Ever since that night so long ago when the heavens seemed to open a vision to me that I’ve never seen again. So along comes a book that seems to say to my elderly self that it was all in my head. So, okay, I’m only half way […]

In the Beginning

Halleson describes an incident that has determined the values she holds and the choices that she made throughout her life.… Continue reading In the Beginning →

Conspiracy Theories

The Gordian Knot is an ancient myth about a knot that was tied so tight that nobody could unravel it. Looking at this myth from another perspective, there are numerous ways to interpret this dilemma. For example, how can a knot in your shoelace, be undone so that you can thread it through the holes to lace… Continue reading Conspiracy Theories →

Concern

The United States of America is, and always has been, an idea more than a place.

Quoting Robert Reich

Former Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton writes about the dangers of powerful people getting even more powerful.

Terror

In 1970, my husband’s employer transferred us and our two children to Venezuela. We enrolled our seven-year-old son in the English-speaking grade school set up years ago by American companies for the children of expatriates. I was looking for a preschool for our four-year-old-daughter who was clearly bored waiting every day for her brother to …

What Then Must We Do?

The atrocities perpetrated by humans against other humans is ongoing. No matter what the good, kind, caring people of the world think or feel or pray (?) it continues unabated

Red or Blue, Which are You?

I started out as a Republican, because my father was a Republican. That’s how a lot of us began our first voting experience, right? Then, as time went on, I began to vote for candidates by the way they looked to me and only vaguely because of their message. Much later, in middle age, I …

Largish Lessons from Smallish Minds

I recently saw the trending documentary, “My Octopus Teacher,” which has in fact stuck to me a bit like a tentacle. I’ll not spoil it for those who might like to see it, but it left me wondering about the attachment capabilities of its squiggly supporting actor. Octopuses live brief, solitary lives so to see …

No such thing as RACE!

I don’t know how many times the scientists have to say it before we finally get it. There is no basis for the bla-bla-bla about race. A human being is a human being is a human being. Culture, however, is another matter. I have been involved in the Black community in various ways throughout the …