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Manhattan Joy: Voices of Ascension

June 11, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

Sometimes we “big-city” types can go a little overboard, but there’s no question that being part of the so-called “critical mass” in New York City has its advantages. And for those who take special pleasure in beautiful choral music (as most readers know, I’m one of them), wandering about pre-pandemic New York provided many splendid …

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Church of the Ascension (NYC), Keene (Dennis), Music (Choral), New York - Music, Untermyer Gardens (Yonkers NY), Voices of Connection

Sharing Guy’s Journey 2009-2018

April 23, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

To readers: It recently came to my attention that there is no simple way to access earlier posts of this blog, since the format changed from Blogger to WordPress in early 2018. The current format now used does not automatically take us back to the posts published since November 2009, so I’ve included these in …

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Filed Under: Blog Archive 2009-2018

Research Rapture: Leaving No Stone Unturned

April 1, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

There can be real joy in diving into topics far beyond one’s own domain, but also concern about getting too caught up in the process. But fear not, getting sidetracked does not have to be a bad thing! If you are accustomed to bouncing around digital resources to learn as much as you can about a …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History

Can We Talk?

January 15, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

Two weeks ago, in a New Year’s Day message (An Optimistic Perspective for 2021), I raised the question of whether or not it was possible to be optimistic after all we have been through in 2020. Eternal optimist that I am, my response was a resounding yes. There were still reasons to be optimistic. Then the events …

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Filed Under: Current Events, History, Personal History Tagged With: Conversational Communityship, Conversational Leadership, Gurteen (David), Hoville (John), Knowledge Services, Knowledge Sharing, United States Capitol Attack

An Optimistic Perspective for 2021

January 1, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

Though the title of this journal entry indicates that I’m going to be looking ahead – and I am – looking ahead often requires that we look back as well. This not only provides perspective, but also can demonstrate that our efforts are not futile. What has succeeded before can succeed again. Certainly we can’t …

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Filed Under: Current Events, History, Personal History Tagged With: COVID-19, Gore (Al), United States - Current Affairs, Wehner (Peter), Wordsworth (William)

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