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The Left Hand of Diversity

Richard Friesen July 6, 2021 1:26 am July 6, 2021

The movie The Princess Bride has one of the best sword fights ever filmed. Inigo, the sword master, waits at the top of the cliff…

Life and PeopleWriting

Honeymoon--Free Short Fiction

Richard Friesen June 17, 2017 2:12 am June 17, 2017

After posting my last blog regarding my father and uncles singing four part harmony, I thought more family stories would be in order.  I wrote…

Life and PeopleMusic

Four Part Harmony

Richard Friesen June 8, 2017 2:26 am June 8, 2017

Last weekend I attended the memorial service for Ed Bryant. I saw a lot of old friends, grieved, laughed an enjoyed Ed. His childhood as…

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Conscientious Objector

Richard Friesen May 30, 2017 3:30 am May 30, 2017

Very few people in my family have ever served in the military.  A lot of this has to do with our Mennonite heritage–Mennonites are pacifists….

Life and PeopleMusic

Music of the Soul, Part II: the Outcasts

Richard Friesen May 9, 2017 2:49 am May 9, 2017

Why do we like one song and not another?  One artist and not another? I may be conflating here, but two of my favorite artists…

Life and PeoplePolitics

Agency in the Modern World

Richard Friesen April 23, 2017 5:15 am April 23, 2017

Human interactions don’t always follow scripts, and methods to solve human problems aren’t always obvious. The truth is that what seems the straight forward method…

Life and People

The Forever Flu

Richard Friesen March 25, 2017 5:14 am March 25, 2017

Two days ago, I got my flu shot. I was at the doctors for something else, and they offered, so I took it. I’ve gotten…

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