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Category Archives: Our Place in the Firmament
The Elasticity of Time
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility … Continue reading
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Autumn Winds
No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. It’s flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldn’t keep up with it, Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding … Continue reading
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Somehow Or Other, We’re All In This Together
As I left the house this morning, I encountered a rabbit running out of the fog across the driveway and onto the opposite verge, attempting frantically to draw me away from a lair hidden somewhere among the bushes and hillsides that line our driveway. Ironically, his very … Continue reading
What Would I see, If I Could See God?
God is in the roses, The petals, and the thorns. Storms out on the oceans Souls who will be born And every drop of rain that falls Falls for those who mourn. Roseanne Cash, God Is In The Roses Mankind … Continue reading
Bending To One Another
“As I might have foreseen, the visit was rather a spectacle than a conversation, of no use beyond the satisfaction of my curiosity. He was old and pre-occupied, and could not bend to a new companion and think with him.” … Continue reading
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Family Time
The last few weeks of life in Humptulips County have not been pleasant. We’ve had stereophonic construction between the replacement of a gas transmission line behind the house and the installation of new windows on its far side. While the … Continue reading
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The Password to Neverland Retrieved
In my little town I never meant nothin’ I was just my father’s son Saving my money Dreaming of glory Twitching like a finger On the trigger of a gun Leaving nothing but the dead and dying Back in my … Continue reading
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The Stillness of a Summer Evening
It is very hot in Humptulips County, with temperatures in the mid-90’s. Hot spells never last long in the Northwest, since we are too far North and too close to the sea for them to be sustainable for any appreciable time. When they do … Continue reading
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A Seattle Summer Morning
It was a beautiful Summer morning today in Seattle, warm and cloudless, backlit by sunsparkle off the bay, and flavored by a light, salty breeze. Bright sunlight simultaneously played a solo game of hopscotch across glass-sheathed high-rises and hide-and-seek with … Continue reading
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Curiosity
I was not yet born when “one giant leap for mankind” catapulted the moon and NASA into the fervor of the American consciousness. Until last night, the biggest space-related event from NASA was the retirement of the space shuttles and … Continue reading