There, there, poppet
It's a long time since I have heard this charming, kindly, playful word. I've had it used towards me in...
In praise of senseless, eternal kindness
Another plea by Grossman for uncomplicated, unplanned and even unwitnessed kindnesses, as opposed to those commandeered by ideologies.
Whatever your...
Hand of kindness
This is a wonderful novel with some striking characters. I liked this little kid crying and eating bread at the...
Good versus kind
The 800 pages of Grossman's splendid Life and Fate is occasionally interlarded with heartfelt asides by the author, including pleas...
Oh, for dog’s sake!
Listening time: 5 minutes. A touching account of mutual support and succour between labour camp prisoners and some of the...
Kindness maketh man
What makes us human? Simple kindness is a key element according to Grossman. It depends partly on how you define...
Of guardian trees
A beautiful way to convey the kind, protective presence of someone quietly keeping an eye on the well-being of another. ...
War for kindness
Svetlana Alexievich's interviews with Russian people, first conducted after the fall of the Soviet Union, then again during the first...
Trauma recollects forward
Harold Bloom refers here to Esther in Dickens’ Bleak House. I’ve been turning over in my mind his statement that...
A Samaritan at Salisbury
Listening time: under 4 minutes.
This 17th century account of the English clergyman and poet, George Herbert, stopping on his...
Peace on earth, goodwill to all
Today, when many of us celebrate a holiday, I send kind readers heartfelt wishes for that old ideal of peace...
Of great men and kindness
An interesting take on greatness as an obstacle to kindness, since kindness requires swerving from your path. Something to think...
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