Tag: Ink
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Another Memoir Memory
Another Memoir Memory Back in Oberlin (well, Russia Township, just outside of Oberlin), after my first wife left, taking our two children with her, I bought a 350 Honda motorcycle from a friend at work (US Steel at the time), who had been an apprentice machinist with me. He had extended the front fork and…
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Any Gentle Activities
What are your favorite physical activities or exercises? There is a big difference in what I like now and what I thrived on in the past. I prefer walking, riding my recumbent, Tai Chi, gentle yoga, and a little archery. In the past, I loved working out for 2-3 hours in Judo (was a turnament…
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Collective Consciousness
Collective Consciousness according to early psychologistswe are all attached in auniversal unconsciousness but what if it’s not unconsciousbut perspectives of the sameconsciousness pervading all the entire universe a universe of layers and perspectivesfrom so-called ‘matter’consciousness limited and basic to so-called sentientswith more complicated perspectivesmore self-aware perspectives of the conscious universemorality but a means of controlone…
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Why Choose?
Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why? Why Choose? Personally, I ‘prefer’ wherever I am, not only in the moment, but seasonally and ‘migrationally’… Right now, I prefer the High Sonoran Desert, where I currently live. In years gone by, that preference was for lake, river, and ocean shores, and occationally, the vertical faces…
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It’s Just Your Standard Mental Fog
The past few years have been filled with ‘mental fog’… Here’s hoping that some of it is finally starting to lift or at least dissipate a little. The protests of the last few months and recent elections would seem to suggest as much… I guess we’ll just have to wait and see … time will…
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Understanding The Universe
Or Universal Understanding, perhaps? Understanding The Universe No human mind can comprehendin all its complexitiesthe entirety of reality Even our tinyremote sectionin this far flung arm ofour relatively smallMilkyway is bekyondour ken And thenthere’s that quantum‘subgum’ If you think youunderstand the ‘subgum’then you don’tto paraphraseFeynman Add it all up andwhat do we find No ‘human’…
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Minimalism
Minimalism the lessons of my lifelearned over years ofmore or lessunrelenting strifepoint to conclusionsmany won’t ordon’t like less is moreand all too oftenmore is lesssounds contradictoryI know it took me most ofa lifetime to digest the simpler a motionsay, in self-defensethe more likely itmeets with success the less clutter (things)one has accumulatedyou know…toys, tools, utensilsmagazines,…
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Last Sunday Morning Ride Of October
Last Sunday Morning Ride Of October Rode out solo on this chilly morningFingerless riding gloves left fingerschilled to the bone In the darker shadowsthought I’d see my breath in the airbut it wasn’t there Lightly marbled skyFeather-light brushstokesto the northern horizon Sol’s QR codesseared into the pathand the Barrio’s walls Rode the Julian Wash Greenwayto…
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Shadow Of Time
Shadow Of Time Time casts its shadowover every surfacenook and cranny ofbody and mind Shrouds all lifeIn chaos and strife But sometimes incompanionablewarmthlets friends andlovers thrivefor a time A deceptive winkagainst the harshnessof the future’stoo bright lightwhile looking backto distill truth fromthe hiddendark placesthe past always hides Time’s shadowsmix in the mindcorrupting analysiscertainty and evenrecent…
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Destiny Maybe
Destiny Maybe Can’t seem to carry a tuneWhile tapping outCounterpoint rhythmsAnd chords on myOut of tune guitarSo easily doneIn years gone byYouthful memories Very difficultWhile fighting theInevitableEncroachingTide of decline andSenility Is it better to wageA losing battleOr allow oneselfTo flounder Does it really matterWhen society’sFoundationsHave devolvedWorm-riddenCaricaturesDissolving underOur feet Of value toNo oneOrDestinyMaybe –LE – 9/20/25
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