Firm friends

Firm friends

The blithe and luminous boy Goldmund arrives at the school which will be his home until he reaches adulthood, and feels reassured by two new friends.  Of course, his real friendship comes later, but I liked that the trusting child sees a tree as a potential friend, as...
Trust in trust

Trust in trust

Trust is easy when it’s there, but hard to generate when it’s gone (or never arrived in the first place).  I was curious about Ridley’s assertion that a relatively high trust quotient precedes income growth, rather than the other way round. Trust,...
Meeting a nuannaarpoquina

Meeting a nuannaarpoquina

Many small children are nuannaarpoq-on-legs.  I was walking home through the village when I saw a man pushing a pram and next to him his daughter, a tiny tot of about two, pushing a small dog-faced wooden cart or trolley in front of her.  When she saw me coming, she...

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