by Dr. Norris Frederick Bottle Trees We took a trip to visit our friend Flo recently. She still lives independently, at age ninety-four, in her house, with the help of a community of friends and…
by Dr. Norris Frederick Our friend David McKnight died almost three years ago, but he is not forgotten. A year ago I concluded a three-part series on David and his journey from being voted “Most…
David McKnight at the Durham Farmer’s Market, Sept. 2014. Photo by Bill Pope. By Dr. Norris Frederick Third and Final Part (part one is here and part two here) “In poverty, too, as in all…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Third and final in a series on death The recent solar eclipse was almost total here in Charlotte, and a large number of people gathered on the Queens University campus to…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Second in a series My thanks to you for the many thoughtful responses, both on my website and on Facebook, about my first post on death. A couple of you wrote…
By Dr. Norris Frederick There’s been way too much death in my world in the last year: four nearby neighbors, three cousins, two close high school friends, and one Robert Pirsig, the author of Zen…
by Dr. Norris Frederick One of the joys of travel to another country is the discovery of new landscapes, new customs and cultures, and new people. We find some ways in which the culture and…
by Dr. Norris Frederick Philosophy offers us new ways of seeing the world and living in the world, thus helping us live and enriching our consciousness. At first these new insights create a rupture in…