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What Is A Mind For? . . .
What is a Mind For?. . . When I read that it is nearly impossible for a youngster in high school to take upon themselves a novel and read it through to report on it, I had trouble believing it. A high school student? And the reporter of the article also had trouble. She took…
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As I Watched. . .
My journal entry says it was a Tuesday when my world folded onto itself, the trees blending into oblivion and the screen folded onto itself. I was in a place as close to a cabin in the woods as I could be. I loved it. It seems I have been a recluse in…
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Peace Of Mind. . . .
We persist in thinking we might make a difference because we don’t know when we might make a difference. ***** When illusions are unmasked, coping mechanisms prove unable. ***** Death is a triumph. The tragedy would be had we never been. ***** A cynic is someone on the threshold of understanding. ***** Man’s God is…
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With Hope Eternal. . .
There are times, and this is one of them, that is a heartbreaker. I have long loved this Earth of mine and readers know even as a child I have felt this love. When weather devastates the very places I have known, it is a keen pain. Last week it was Houston and that…
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Gratitude For A Good Teacher. . . Nancy Zieman
Gratitude For A Good Teacher. . . Amid all the events of these weeks, a saddened addition for me was the knowledge that a favorite TV person of mine is retiring due to ill health. For over 30 years Nancy Zieman , (Sewing With Nancy) has been a visitor to my home. I happened…
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Apriori. . . the twig is (already) bent. . .
Apriori. . .the twig is bent. . . It’s a loaded question, this one of evolution. Ask anyone’s definition, they will either stutter or give an answer that barely touches the meaning. Mostly they will be arguing whether it is man-animal or animal-man we have in mind. Or they do. To confirm the statement…
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Worlds I Know. . . to speak of. . .
A few weeks ago there was an evolutionary find with a faceless fish. I knew that graphic because I have what you see beside this in an October 8. 1987 journal entry. I knew it was somewhere in my journals but there was no way I could remember where. Last night as I was note…
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Another Meaning to Life Everlasting?
My friend and I were sitting in the hall waiting for the class doors to open. I looked at the hanging painting and had to look away. It made me sick to my stomach. I knew the painting but not the artist. It was of a one floor building, stark in a barren landscape. …
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Be That One Someone. . .
In the midst of catastrophic events such as the ongoing flooding in Texas, we wonder if what we are able to do can truly make a difference. It seems this topic is being brought up often lately in our lives and the little we are able to do individually seems small indeed. Even when…
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The Universe I Know. . . .
Sometimes things need to be repeated because the lesson has been worn and the fit now is less traumatic. On November 5th, 2013 USA TODAY had an article that the space observatory Kepler telescope had shown that about 8 billion stars in our galaxy had planets almost the size of Earth that could support…