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Category Archives: about living
Zoom-Zoom alongside Zen
I haven’t posted anything in the “Life Weirdness” category for a while. But several episodes that happened to me recently make me want to come back and revisit some of these ideas. Things with Whomever are going exceedingly well. This … Continue reading
Posted in about living, big ideas, life weirdness, sex and relationships
Tagged #love
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One and Twenty Years
Again, it is the anniversary of that awful day. I don’t have much to add to my thoughts of last year, except this – The call to national unity that both featured speakers made then is more urgent now. … Continue reading
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
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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
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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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Thanksgiving
I’ve had a pretty crappy year. Separated from my wife (two days before our anniversary!) and getting divorced. Had my heart fractured if not broken at least one other time. Had to move twice, and I know that my current … Continue reading
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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