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On the Professional Diarist

Posted on April 23, 2006 by John

There must be something more to it, some sense behind the scenes, a glimpse of meaning not quite shared, or else my mind’s not keen enough to understand the point of merely keeping track of each new day’s minutiae; the … Continue reading →

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If You Want Love

Posted on March 17, 2006 by John

My father was an upright man who never went to church; but he gave his word and that was that, he’d help you from a lurch. He hated all self-righteousness and practiced what he’d preach; when I asked him what … Continue reading →

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Life is What You Make It

Posted on January 10, 2006 by John

When I was a kid, I had a record (yeah, a plastic disk that spun around and was activated by an actual needle, producing sound waves that were amplified as electric signals through hot glass tubes and pushed out into … Continue reading →

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Not Much of Everything

Posted on October 18, 2005 by John

What is belief except a means to reach beyond the limits safe within our grasp to learn from the unknown what it may teach? If in that fertile darkness, courage fails, as well as our illusions of defense, what is … Continue reading →

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For Bukowski

Posted on October 4, 2005 by John

Believe it … poetry can heal wounds; of course, an awkward, ill-set bone will sometimes need to be re-cracked, and soft illusions that so gently cradle us to bind the flesh beneath, must go. And often, language is so poor … Continue reading →

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The Starting Point

Posted on January 26, 2005 by John

Like all Capricorns, I suppose, I am continually attempting to fashion some kind of theory of the universe. In conjunction with that astrological impetus, my real world experience in information systems technical support insists that this theory include a practical … Continue reading →

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Today’s Seed Thought

Posted on January 8, 2005 by John

Adapted from Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan: Nature teaches every soul to worship its’ own Divine in ways and means of some kind; and oft provides a method that suits one and not the next. Those who desire … Continue reading →

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