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May 11

Reflections

words not written, stories untold. thoughts are sifted, feeilings shifted. voices not heard, out in the cold. the vows we kept, and tears we wept. dreams imagined, with hearts so bold. sharing the light, facing the fright. learning balance, as we unfold. memories seared, by hurdles cleared. perseverance, as we grow old.

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Jan 24

Cross-references

Cross-references To hear a sight, or smell a sound, or taste a color, or touch a flavor, or see a scent… These are not the ways our brains usually process information coming from our specialized receptors. Yet, we can imagine them based on cross-referencing all those senses, and events we have experienced. Sometimes we do it intentionally, and sometimes we are not aware that we do it. That is why an image of a country meadow and one of a congested thoroughfare not only look different, but they sound and smell and tatse and feel different. Our brains make those cross-references like footnotes to events we experience. That is why, when recalling those events we refer to some as “sweet memories” and others encounters as having “left a bitter taste”, even though neither may have involved the ingestion of food or drink.

Senses

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Senses

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Oct 17, 2022

I Have

I Have Dreams I’ve known Places I’ve been Words I’ve read Thoughts I’ve said Ways I’ve grown Things I’ve seen. Songs I’ve sung Hearts I’ve broken Lives I’ve tasted Times I’ve wasted Hands I’ve wrung Promises I’ve broken. Desires I’ve filled Passions I’ve flamed Dreads I’ve reared Doubts I’ve feared Tears I’ve spilled Those I’ve blamed. Paths I’ve crossed Chances I’ve missed Bridges I’ve burned Lessons I’ve learned Friends I’ve lost Ones I’ve kissed.

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I Have
I Have

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Sep 20, 2022

Shared Memories

Memories can be tricky things. This is especially true in human relationships. Time has a way of not only amplifying, but also clouding individual memories. That is why even when two people recall events they shared from their past, the feelings evoked by those memories can be quite different. One may experience the sentiments expressed by “Nights in White Satin” while for the other those sentiments are more akin to “Diamonds and Rust”. While both sets of feelings are equally valid, reconciliation can be complicated by each individual’s underlying desire to cling to their own set of memories as a way of defining themselves.

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Jun 18, 2022

Feline Adventures

Chapter 1 As a general rule, I have never been particularly fond of “house cats”. …

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May 26, 2022

We Must Do Better

Mixing mentally disturbed people with lethal weapons is like mixing governing policy with religious dogma. History has shown the results are never good. Dealing with either of those combinations when they occur is never simple. Imagine a deep wound on one of your limbs. Obviously a band-aid will not stop the…

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May 6, 2022

Energy, Perception, and Manifestation

If you do not talk/think about something does it cease to exist? Does “it” fade from existence due to lack of energy input? The phrases “Out of sight, out of mind” and “Ignore it and it will go away” come to mind. By the same token, does focusing on something…

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Apr 16, 2022

Love, Lost and Found

Chapter One — Context The summer of 1972 was more than 50 years ago. It was a different world, almost unrecognizable today. Entertainment and information sources were quite limited by today’s standards. There was no cable-TV, no internet … newspapers and books were much more important. Even the ways people with…

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Mar 28, 2022

Lost in the Woods

Lost in the Woods Lost in the woods… Shade from the Sun or Shadows to hide in? Tall timbers or soil keepers? Storm shelters or traps? Stream gully or flood gorge? Animal trail or predator path? A meadow to run through… But to or from? A rabbit hole or a fox den? Beautiful flower or poisonous plant? Abandoned well or bottomless pit? Cliff edge or view to the abyss? Lost in the woods… Or Home in the forest.

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Jan 9, 2022

Unplugged

He sat in the reclining chair with a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter and an old Mason jar half-filled with homemade sweet tea. The light of a small candle reflecting off the mirror hanging above the fireplace mantle augmented the warm glow of the gas heater below. He gently stroked…

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