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February 11, 2021
“The next few years will be ghastly,” wrote C.S. Lewis in September 1939, just two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
Although a man of faith, Lewis confessed to a friend that his nerves were “often staggered” by the news from week to week. A combat veteran of World War I, Lewis described “the ghostly feeling that it has all happened before.”
Writing at about the same time, an Oxford University colleague, J.R.R. Tolkien, explained to his publisher that “the anxieties and troubles that all share,” coupled with new responsibilities in “this bewildered university,” had made him “unpardonably neglectful” of his efforts to finish his sequel to “The Hobbit.”
Finding resilience in the Pacific Northwest’s historic hurdles
Why the latest Mossback’s Northwest special focused on the times Washington state has bounced back from adversity.
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For this year s Mossback special, our video team headed to the Museum of Flight. (Stephen Hegg/Crosscut)
It has been a rough last year, no question.
We’ve been dealing with political turmoil, a pandemic, economic difficulties and still trying to get through the challenges of workdays and personal lives, often in isolation.
I love history, the good and the bad. It gives me context and perspective. It holds lessons. Last summer, when meeting with Stephen Hegg, the producer of the
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An astronomer tells tales of stargazing and pursuing the universe’s big questions, a grandparent shares wisdom for happy living, a jazz drummer lays down a cool new album …
But behold, yet more! An engineer pens STEM biographies for children, a cartoonist draws stories from his life, researchers ponder the future of river and wildlife conservation, and faculty masters bring out new classical recordings on guitar and piano.
Though 2020 was a holy humbug of a year, University of Washington talents persevered, and published. Here’s a quick look at some giftworthy books and music created by UW faculty and staff, and a reminder of some recent favorites.