Category Archives: Just wondering

Instead of achieving the good life, how about a good-enough life?

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Jane Fritz

My philosophy discussion group has been pursuing the topic of what constitutes a good life.  We started our quest with a look at ethics and moral philosophy.  Wow. In case you’re wondering, there are no real answers in the realm … Continue reading →

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To be nice or to be kind, that is the question

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Jane Fritz

The other day an article in the Globe and Mail caught my attention because of its intriguing title, Canada is fighting Covid-19 with niceness … and losing, by Tenille Bonoguore.  The premise of the article was that in trying to … Continue reading →

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Embracing those 20 bonus years? How about 50 bonus years?!

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Jane Fritz

Pretty well exactly a year ago (seems like a lifetime ago), I wrote a blog post called “Embracing those twenty bonus years“.  I’ve borrowed the same cartoon for this post because its message seems to say it all; at some … Continue reading →

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Runfession: Reality, motivation, and virtual challenges

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Jane Fritz

A fellow blogger who first introduced me to the term “runfession” recently posted a new runfession of her own after many months, which inspired me to follow suit. Thanks, Irma! Fifteen months ago (I just looked it up), I runfessed … Continue reading →

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What does “Home” mean to you?

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Jane Fritz

Yesterday morning two fellow bloggers I read regularly posted quotes about “home” within 30 minutes of each other. They live in very different parts of the U.S., write blog posts on very different topics, and have very different life stories, … Continue reading →

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The Things That I Will Miss

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Jane Fritz

Originally posted on Clear Air Turbulence:
“The great gift of such periods is that they invite us to question our certitudes, our givens, these seemingly sure foundations that have lulled us into complacency — for it is only by being…

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Does power inevitably corrupt? Really?

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Jane Fritz

“It’s said that ‘power corrupts’, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, … Continue reading →

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Words of wisdom come back to taunt us

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Jane Fritz

It’s been quite a week. A U.S. “presidential” debate for the ages, COVID cases surging again in many countries, and now we learn that the president of the world’s richest and most powerful country has contracted the virus himself. This … Continue reading →

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