Deep Thoughts
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Christmas 63.
The magic of 63 Christmases Continue reading
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Feeding the machine.
AI has brought efficiency to science and process — but at what cost? What will we forget how to do? What will we stop being able to feel? Continue reading
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From the little girl with the glasses and frizzy hair
Yesterday, Mark Volman died. He was one of the original members of The Turtles, a US-based rock band of the 1960s. Continue reading
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What is normal, after all?
I can tell you I am almost back to normal; I can tell you I’m as good as I can get. What I really want to say is that once more, life is changing. Continue reading
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The trouble with religion.
I am usually quite private about my faith, because I’m either scoffed at or proselytized to. I don’t like either. I just like the relationship I have personally with a God of my understanding. He gets me through tough days, existential crises, and fascist regimes. I hope you have something that helps you, too. Continue reading
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Slow going but still, progress.
The women have always been complicated. Continue reading
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Waiting for the bee man.
Of bee men and Butker. Continue reading
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What we deserve.
You deserve all the good things in 2024. Sometimes that means learning a few lessons – again. Continue reading
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On the staycation so far.
Ah, dolce far niente. The sweetness of doing nothing. I’ve been on staycation since Friday afternoon, and although it has taken me some time and I haven’t exactly been idle, I feel so much better, less tight in the shoulders. My pain is lessened because I’m not sitting at a desk for 8-10 hours a Continue reading
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Softly, softly.
Writers, musicians, poets, and madmen are like the candy you’ll find in a Valentine’s heart box. On the outside, we are shiny and appear to be solid. Inside we are soft and easily broken, full of goodness that can be destroyed in an instant. People call those who create narcissistic, showy, selfish, or worse. In Continue reading
About Me
A writer and solitary soul in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
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