by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Feb 4, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
I went to my 102-year-old grandmother’s funeral last week, and it set me thinking about the future. My dad delivered a eulogy centered around her moving him and his siblings into their house in 1952. At the time, the place was freezing cold—my dad grew up in...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Jan 28, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
Elon Musk, having delivered two Nazi salutes on inauguration day, followed it up. This past weekend he told a far right gathering in Germany he felt there is “too much of a focus on past guilt.” This was two days before ceremonies to mark the 80th year...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Jan 22, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
A German U-boat sank my great grandfather’s ship in the first world war, and he swam to safety. It’s a simple sentence to write and read, but I imagine that for Captain Frederick Adamson, the time he spent in the water was anything but simple. My great grandmother...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Jan 14, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
Many cause-driven organizations are going through paroxysms as Donald Trump’s re-inauguration looms. I can’t say I’m surprised. As I said to a colleague last night at a networking event held, ironically enough, inside Bernie Madoff’s former...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Jan 8, 2025 | Thoughts You Can Use
I’ve been watching a couple of television shows by a writer called David Milch since my friend Lee lent me his book. Mr. Milch wrote his memoir, Life’s Work, after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. As far as I can gather he wrote some of it in a care home...
