Category Archives: essay

The Albatross

Posted on May 12, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

This is the albatross… Our imaginations are like this; abnormally large wing spans, resting infrequently if at all for many trips around the earth, sleeping in flight, heart only racing when it lands… monogamous, faithful to it’s own solitude and … Continue reading →

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The Altar of Happiness, Ruins of Sorrow

Posted on April 20, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

…I mused an eon of my life one evening, on the purpose of existence and on what leaves me with the most certainty, those being both birth and death; as well as that which gives me the least certainty – … Continue reading →

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Victims of Education

Posted on March 6, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’ve had to sign over a dozen inane forms giving permission for and acknowledging the dangers of cooking and sewing class, gym activities, sensitive topics in life science, specific exercises for specific parts of the the body and on and … Continue reading →

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Introspection: Tetrabiblos (short version)

Posted on February 9, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Introspection and a curious awareness of surroundings make for endless fields from which to amass self-inspired knowledge. This awareness does not manifest in words; no, these are only learned approximations of our inner experience (qualia) of the universe. We are … Continue reading →

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No Small Year (2013)

Posted on February 9, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

No small year, he thought. People left the earth by violence, sickness, self neglect; friends of the heart were found, love reborn, spirit awoken. Confused by bitterness, blessed with forgiveness… he struggled as some turned their backs on him, while … Continue reading →

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Two Arrivers Meet

Posted on January 12, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

“Though slowly and with pain, the objects of the affections change, as the objects of thought do. There are moments when the affections rule and absorb the man, and make his happiness dependent on a person or persons. But in … Continue reading →

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Moderation is Toleration

Posted on September 27, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love makes no compromises, it takes a direct path through the most austere environments – the undaunted trace of a shooting star through a field of obstacles. Perhaps the one we truly love steps into our light without hesitation – … Continue reading →

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The Creative Adult is the Child Who Survived (Yep – Sun Gazing)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Think about it; the most creative moments of your adult life were the moments you allowed the child in you to play. rsb. Sad how growing older oft becomes the smothering of the innocent innovator – we are compelled to … Continue reading →

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ON CLERGYMEN BUGGERING LITTLE BOYS

Posted on September 3, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Benedict Groeschel, Reverend of the Franciscan Friars of Renewal, recently claimed in an interview with a Catholic news source it was often the case that priests were seduced by teenagers…I knew this guy…he was a real RILF, if ya know … Continue reading →

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EVANGELICAL RAVINGS

Posted on September 3, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

ON THE POPES “Encyclical Letter HUMANAE VITAE” (Pope Paul VI, 25 July 1968). Which establishes the “long-held and unwavering” position of the Church against the use of BIRTH CONTROL: How does one go about obtaining such apparent empirical knowledge in … Continue reading →

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