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Honoring the ancestors and the descendants.
This is our most thoughtful time of year, no matter your stripe. For pagans, Samhain encompasses Halloween evening and November first. For others, it is either a time to be feared, shunned, or enjoyed with abandon. Many Americans don’t do anything for All Hallow’s Day/Samhain, but there is a beauty to remembering and honoring our… Continue reading
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When do you know what to believe?
Part of critical thinking, of course, is listening and discerning the real from the fabrication. It is important to not stay static and rigid in one’s opinions. You take in new information, evaluate it based on common sense, education, and the basics of scientific knowledge, and determine for yourself whether your views have changed or… Continue reading
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An ode to Cassidy.
Sometimes we love our heroes to death, literally. Continue reading
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Death comes for everyone.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. – John Donne Continue reading
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Courage 2024
Serenity I am the courage To change the world, To turn back the tide That runs red, dead As Jim Jones’ Kool-Aid, Through the land. I am the wisdom That discerns the truth, When lies are all they have, Painted in their corner Stamping their feet, Desperate children. I am the serenity That cares for… Continue reading
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Safe as houses.
This is a night that will likely have few dreams, since I can’t seem to sleep, but early this morning, after I had inadvertently shut off my alarm, I had the dream of all dreams. It was rich and lush and stunning in its details, and it went on forever. In the dream, I awoke… 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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Been awhile.
Bumming around the world, finding my way. Continue reading
About Me
A writer and solitary soul in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
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