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Vernal Equinox 2022 C.E.
Today is the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere – that date when the length of the daylight and nighttime are most nearly equal. (I would call this ‘the folk understanding’. If I wanted to get geekier, I could give … Continue reading
Posted in about living, big ideas, things Seen and Unseen
Tagged #love, #naturereligion
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The Gift and The Box
I kinda got into a pissing match with my brother over on FB. I regret that tremendously. Our issue, at least from my perspective, is that the what I wanted to say got all entangled in the how I said … Continue reading
Posted in about living, big ideas, sex and relationships
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More Modeling and the “motte and bailey” of Four-Letter Words (sfw – mostly)
Izzat love what I feel when you’re in my armsMake me die before I’d do you harmWhen you’re lost I will lead you homeIf you’re cold, you know I’ll keep you warm Am I wrong? Or izzat love when I … Continue reading
Posted in about living, big ideas, life weirdness, sex and relationships
Tagged #emotionalspace, #love
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On achieving rokkyu aikidoka
Friends try killing me.We bow and smile. New gold gleams –Mount Fuji beckons. Edited to Add – My very good friend and fellow martial artist Eric Raymond pointed out a syllabic mistake I had made in my first line, and … Continue reading
Posted in about living, big ideas, martial arts
Tagged #aikido, #martialarts, #yellowbelt
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Wolfenoot
I saw this memory today on Facebook, reposted by a good friend: And the Spirit of the Wolf howled in my psychic ears, crying “Tell Shadow’s story!“ Here it is. I am cooking some cured pork shoulder for my dinner … Continue reading
Not “Someday”, Today
And maybe someday we’ll figure all this out Try to put an end to all our doubt Try to find a way to make things better now that Maybe someday we’ll live our lives out loud We’ll be better off … Continue reading
September 11th
My youngest brother, a retired firefighter and paramedic, is currently the president of the Western Reserve Fire Museum. Today, on the 20th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11th, 2001, they held a short ceremony to commemorate and remember … Continue reading
Posted in about living, big ideas, politrix
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