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Laura Bush and the War in Iraq; my own part in evil
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I dreamed that I was talking to Laura Bush about the War in Iraq. With many tears, I pointed to the utter and pointless waste of lives and m...
Emily Brontë,Carson McCullers, Eugene Sledge
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I just finished The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Wuthering Heights, both of which were written by women in their twenties. Who would have th...
When goddesses die; thoughts on aging
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I woke up today dreaming that I was having an affair with a 27 year old. Bonnie awakened at the same time, stretched gracefully, and looked ...
Gavain's massage; frolicking goddesses
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I got that massage. I knew from Gavain’s website that he was young, sensitive, intuitive, elfin, and, most importantly, cheap. He lives in a...
A night spent brooding; comfort from Marcus Aurelius
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Over the weekend, I dug trenches and drove posts. I think I broke my hand, but the pain from that was minor compared to total-body soreness ...
An encounter that might have gone badly
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Peggy and I have been taking advantage of breaks in the weather to go biking in the woods with the dogs. Yesterday, we saw a pygmy owl sitti...
Two non-vets reminisce
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I visited a friend in the hospital during the recent PBS series about World War II. He was of military age during the war, but flunked his p...
This I call God
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We decided to work in one last camping trip for the year. Our destination was the end of a logging road on Bunchgrass Mountain. When we arri...
The religious requirements of Masonry
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I’ve been busting my butt memorizing Masonic ritual, which isn’t easy at best since only the first letter of every word is printed. To see t...
Seneca versus Wall Street
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I’ve been doing some complementary reading. On one side, Wall Street Shoeshine Boy, which is about greed, depravity, competition, materialis...
Road clearing
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We camped over the weekend for possibly the last time this year due to the shortening days. As we lay in the van reading on Saturday afterno...
Lightning flashes
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I saw lightning flashes in both eyes last night. The right eye got so bad that I couldn’t see anything on that side of my nose. I was biking...
Biking with the dogs
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We biked in the woods thrice last week, only stopping to water the dogs and to eat salal berries, thimbleberries, blackberries, dewberries, ...
Thoughts of investing
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There are as many mutual funds as there are stocks on the Wilshire 5000 (which actually contains 7000 stocks). Many mutual funds charge a fo...
Scandi Festival
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I helped my Masonic Lodge staff a food booth at the Scandinavian Festival last week. When I arrived, I was handed a fake-embroidery vest and...
The sad story of American Home Mortgage
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Last week, I lost $14,000 in the stock market. I didn’t do anything wrong—it was just a bad few days. Still, $14,000…. I pick up pennies fro...
The whys of organizing
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I’ve spent the week organizing, or rather reorganizing, our finances and file cabinets. One of the traits Peggy and I share is that we are b...
The whys of organizing
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I’ve spent the week organizing, or rather reorganizing, our finances and file cabinets. One of the traits Peggy and I share is that we are b...
Alan Wheelis and the absence of meaning
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On June 16th, I checked out a library book by the psychoanalyst Allen Wheelis. I had never heard of him, but I always peruse the new book se...
Murderous nurse
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I hate to admit I watched them, but I did. Two true crime shows at the same time (I switched during commercials), one about a college studen...
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