Troy University: It Came from the Archives: The World War 2 letters of Earl and Ruth Barker.. “Kelly Reeves from the Troy University Library shares a collection of correspondence and photographs recently digitized and made available at this link: Barker Collection of WWII Letters – Troy University Archives. The collection’s 257 handwritten letters and 84 ‘V-Mails’ (all transcribed) traces […]

#WWII #MilitaryHistory #correspondence

'The collection’s 257 handwritten letters and 84 “V-Mails” (all transcribed) traces Earl Barker’s time in the US Army, 1943-1945.'

https://today.troy.edu/news/it-came-from-the-archives-the-world-war-2-letters-of-earl-and-ruth-barker/

What Jack Kerouac Left Behind

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-jack-kerouac-left-behind

Pulse kicks, or: Breath locks

W3 poetry prompt

For this week’s W3, AJ Wilson encourages us to write about a sudden or dramatic moment, like a storm, a shock, or a big realization. The poem must be 5 to 8 lines long, and nearly every word has to be only one syllable. We may use exactly one longer word, but it must appear as the very last word in the poem.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

Correspondence charts - bullshit or deep insight? I argue that they're both, and both insights and bullshit are useful in their own ways!

https://www.xenofact.com/2026/05/20/connection-contemplation-and-useful-bullshit/

#correspondence #meditation #creativity #contemplation #bullshit

Connection, Contemplation, and Useful Bullshit

People use at least three different ways of evaluating truth: correspondence (accords with facts), coherence (consistent with other beliefs), and authenticity (honesty or transparency). Discussions among people with different definitions of truth are likely to be unproductive.

Summary: https://psyche.co/ideas/why-its-so-hard-to-agree-on-what-counts-as-true

Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027725002628

#Fact #Argument #Psychology #Correspondence #Authenticity #Coherence

The Hill: Detailing D-Day, 30-cent haircuts and military life: USO unveils digital collection of letters from WWII soldier. “There are more than 300 letters in the collection launched Wednesday by the USO. The notes were written by U.S. Army private Louis ‘Speedy’ Weber to his wife, Frances, while he was serving on the frontlines in Europe between 1942 and 1945.”