Category Archives: REALITY

REALITY?: Definitions

Really down would be knowing that you can’t believe in any God or man who can believe in you. I’m not. I just thought that that would be the ultimate. Maybe the George Carlin way of seeing it. Continue reading

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REALITY?: Daily News

Foggy morning; dense denial waiting for the sun to bring the daily news. Unless, of course, you need to plunge ahead, only half aware of what you see as being there. Artificial headlights if you have to get to work, … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: People

Just a quickie — For every jackass in the world there are twenty good people. Honest, I’ve counted. I realize that it often seems like more of one, less of the others, but it’s not. Continue reading

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REALITY? & WRITING: Comfort in Words

Needless to say, this past weekend was hell, and the best I could come up with for writing was focusing on porches. But this was exactly where a lot came together for me on Sunday. It wasn’t going to be … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Update

Just a quick note that my niece has just had successful surgery removing a golf-ball sized tumor from the frontal/parietal lobe area of her brain, and is responding well enough to know her husband’s name. While it is too early … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Labels of Choice

At Gene Expression, a link to a map of the U.S. that labels us by our reference to that fizzy drink we all enjoy. I love labels. The one I love most is “Non-Conformist.” Continue reading

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WRITING & REALITY?: Changing the Face of America

Redwood decks are not the same as old grey painted porches. Life in fifty years has changed, and our choice of architecture in our homes reflects the feeling of society as much as taste and innovation. Decks are in our … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Mind Exercise

Obviously, my mind is focused on some pretty heavy duty thoughts right now, but I do need to get my mind off things a bit and lighten up while everything’s in limbo. So, while I haven’t been writing at all, … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Challenges

I hear his squeaky complaints from the peach trees, and so am not taken by surprise to bat the air when suddenly I am buzzed by the male hummingbird as I sit with coffee on the back step. He hovers … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING & REALITY?: The Human Spirit

Bittersweet, man’s nature to accept the grotesque as normal when he has no way of changing it except to make it part of life and living. Maybe then he feels he still has some control. Continue reading

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REALITY?: Unfortunately

Update: Not the best news, but livable, I think; and that’s the best we can hope for right now. Sometimes it’s just too difficult to write here about something personal, but I want to thank those who have been praying … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Mental Energy

Say a prayer, light a candle, spin three times and kiss the ground. Cross your fingers, wish on stars, say your own name backwards. Whatever gets you through, do it once for me, please. I need good news right now. … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Morning Report

The morning is pink and wet, newborn with last night’s rain. Dewdrops of tears dry on green cheeks of leaves that droop from the weight of the storm. Stone souls still darkened with what they absorbed in the night, their … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Past Lives

Of course I publish the good as well as the bad, and this is from the University of Pennsylvania Museum, so who am I to argue? Thank’s, J-Walk for this one: Who Were you in Your Past Life? Susan in … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Bedtime Stories

I’m thinking of grandmothers today, mine both long gone, only one I knew as a child. She was my father’s mother, and they lived downstairs from us, her and my grandfather, and her daughter’s family all together. She babysat for … Continue reading Continue reading

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