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2025: “A Year of Great Uncertainty”
Acknowledging this more optimistic description than I intended, fearing as I do, an annus horribilis, to Jason Clay and acknowledging the great impact he has on my life from the inception of the Institute in the 1980s when he was the Founding Editor of Cultural Survival Quarterly, and who most recently hosted my alumni to celebrate my 81st birthday among my D.C. alumni and friends.
Everyday, Remi accompanies me when I try to absorb the impact of the news of the day. Urging myself, and all of us, to look for the cracks that we can widen and leverage as the source of “the crack of where the light comes in.”— Anthem. Apologies to Leonard Cohen.
Our “New Years” card on the right. The picture was taken by Iris in January 2025 at Leonard’s home in Montreal.
Shana Tova 5785!
Happy Rosh Ha Shanna! Our civilization has survived this long. We will transcend this horribly fraught time in history. May this year mark the successful struggle for a more humane future for all peoples. (Sunset at Corn Hill Beach, Truro, MA 2024 with Remi.)
