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Daily Archives: August 17, 2004
Question Posted to the Ishmael Community
Posted this evening to the Ishmael Community, a web community devoted to the principles set forth by Daniel Quinn in his books Ishmael, The Story of B, and Beyond Civilization, among others: My question is the result of a conversation … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged Abel, Beyond Civilization, Cain, Daniel Quinn, history, Ishmael, justification, parables, spirituality
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Fun with Bicycling Evangelists
Ah, I must admit that I admire their dedication. I wonder, however, that their missionary zeal carries them out into wild, uncharted areas at the edge of their map before they have taken their message to their direct neighbors. I … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged ecumenics, missionaries, proselytizing, spirituality, tolerance, wholeness
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The Divorce
Just leave me here, would you? We all die alone. There’s no one to call and no movies been shown. It’s all sentimental, that crap, anyway; so just leave me here and move away. Just leave me here, would you; … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged disappointment, divorce, failure, John Prine, regrets, relationships, Tom T. Hall
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On Auspicious Times
I wonder at the most auspicious times that by some random system are proclaimed and why those correspondences we find ourselves at odds with should take all the blame The moon, for instance, in its wane and wax; The seasons, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged auspiciousness, correspondence, hypocrisy, ignorance, purpose, randomness
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No Small Talk Left
It takes perhaps at most an entire day depending on the company and scene, but at some point there’s nothing left to say and words become superfluous, obscene. It’s not because the topics have run dry, or even that some … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged conversations, discomfort, relationships, similarities, talking
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