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An Uncheerful Beating, Part 2

It’s been a week since our trip from the mountains down into the Portland metropolitan nexus with Charlie the Lab. My experience in the finely-tuned machinery of the vet clinic we took him to is something I’ve thought about – … Continue reading

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An Uncheerful Beating, Part 1

Down through the years I’ve had my share of educational moments. As I got older I got better at being the sort of person who takes his beatings cheerfully, registering the lesson, and moving on. Today I had another. I … Continue reading

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koyaanisqatsi: we are what we are

This post is an off-the cuff unedited response to a post on my friend Louis’s blog, Ralston Creek Review. Louis is a musicologist and intelligent guy and accomplished scholar, among other things, and I recommend his blog highly. I am … Continue reading

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Divine Humor in Cyberspace

Preface “A Course in Miracles is a self-study spiritual thought system that teaches that the way to universal love and peace — or remembering God — is by undoing guilt through forgiving others. The Course thus focuses on the healing … Continue reading

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Tandoori Chicken Flames

The sport of cricket has avid followers in India and there has always been a lot of spirited give and take between fans about games and players. In the early 1990’s a BBS (Bulletin Board Service, for you youngsters out … Continue reading

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God Sighted At 7-11

I’m still sorting down through old boxes and files. I found this in an archaeological layer which dates back to around the late 80’s or early 90’s. It made me smile. –**– God Sighted at 7-11 Yeah, really!  I pulled into … Continue reading

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the Little Me and THE GREAT ME

“We live in the culture of the Big Me. The meritocracy wants you to promote yourself. Social media wants you to broadcast a highlight reel of your life. Your parents and teachers were always telling you how wonderful you were.” … Continue reading

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Personal Reflections v.2007

Winter Reflections, 2007 It has been a bleak winter and now at the end of January we have foggy mornings and days of cold sunshine. The air is faded, recondite with reminiscence and reflections upon life and death, of what … Continue reading

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Divine Chaos, plus The Aging American Corpus v.2007

Part 1: Divine Chaos Derived from Divine Order So. More stuff from my archives. I found a stash of words from 2007, and the two pieces which follow this preamble are a part of that parcel. More to come, as … Continue reading

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A reminder

Just wanted to get this in. First, we believe. Then we think. Then we see. Then we know. And then we be.

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