Category: Commentary
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Michelangelo
Michelangeloby Emmylou Harris Last night I dreamed about youI dreamed that you were olderYou were looking like PicassoWith a scar across your shoulderYou were kneeling by the riverYou were digging up the bodies buried long agoMichelangelo Last night I dreamed about youI dreamed you were a pilgrimOn a highway out aloneTo find the mother of…
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Introspection and Identity
Introspection and Identity This is an excerpt from a letter to one of my children who is struggling with questions of identity, dreams, and the reality of where our lives have brought us. Reassessing and wrestling with my identity has been a feature of my adult life and continues to this day. From my experience,…
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The Present
The Present Past and future are illusions.They exist only in the present,which is what there isand all there is. – Alan Watts
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Give Thanks
Give Thanks When you arise in the morningGive thanks for the morning light.Give thanks for your life and strength.Give thanks for your food.And give thanks for the joy of living.And if perchance you seeno reason to give thanksRest assured the fault is yours. – American Indian Saying
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You Don’t Know You’re Born
You Don’t Know You’re Bornby Mark Knopfler What do you know about the hammer and the spikeWhat do you know about the farmYou don’t knowYou don’t know what it’s likeBecause you don’t knowYou don’t know you’re born What do you know about the hammer and the chiselYou only know the kitchen and the warmYou don’t…
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Once Upon A Time
Once Upon A Time Once, I focusedUpon the vista before me,A psychedelic hallucination, so thatTime seemed to significantly slow downIn reverence, paying homage toThe sunset’s long rays lighting theWest faces seared into my imagination –LE – 4/7/24
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Tea
I drink tea and forget the world’s noises. – Chinese Saying The first cup moistens my throat,The second cup breaks my loneliness,The third cup searches my inmost being …The fourth cup raises a slight perspiration – All wrongs of life pass away through my pores. At the fifth cup I am purified;The sixth cup calls…
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Caitlin Graduates From Emily Carr – Memoir Continued
Cailtin Graduates from Emily Carr University Of Art And Design 2018 For Caitlin’s graduation, I took AmTrak from Ashland, KY, where I was living at the time, to Seattle, WA, then a bus from Seattle to Vancouver, BC. The trip from Ashland took 3 days, with a 5 hour stopover in Chicago to change trains,…
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Consciousness
Consciousness a wave in the sentient metaverse rippling through the multiverse –LE – 3/29/24
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Family Birthdays – Memoir Continued
Family Birthdays ’tis the season for birthdays, for many in my family. Mine is also looming. I just wished my oldest son a happy birthday and asked if he had any plans. He told me that at his age, he hasn’t felt the need to celebrate his birthday for quite some time now. That got…
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