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Indonesia (it took a while to grow on me)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’ve only been here a very short while. Less than a day. I’m tired and nothing in particular appeals to me about Indonesia. Not even the name, it seems to be a term whose etymology is founded in an inability … Continue reading →

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Life in Three (explained in 9.8.2004)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I recite all my blessings As is known to happen occasionallyA moment of tranquil lucidityI glimpse my life in sets of three. Guilt for fucking everything up…sometimes I’m so far in it, I can’t quite figure it out. But there … Continue reading →

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JUNE 3, 2005 Balcony Musings

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

And the thing that really makes it ironic, is that it isn’t. And so the bottle opener from the Bahamas easily opened the bottle of Red Stripe from Jamaica. There begins the longest 50 minutes in history. The bright star … Continue reading →

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Note to Self: Rose Petal Rejects

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

A squirrel clings to a tree trunk, teasing and taunting a large tiger striped cat slumbering on the path. I run by, but pirouette for a second glance. Assortments of humans in the lakeside plaza eat alfresco. The tree’s around Lake … Continue reading →

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Prey Animals (12/20/06 coming home from Australia)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

In the lost ends of a long field, the creature stood – brushed in a bristling mahogany coat, dusted with honey and java. I could only stand there swaying imperceptibly on the dying grass. From his flanks, a slight swirl of steam lifted … Continue reading →

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Theory of Creation

Posted on November 18, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Why do we sometimes lose focus on those we care about, and obsess with the reasons why others don’t care about us. When process overcomes reason, when gentle gradations become black and white, when you no longer value HOW you … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day 2011

Posted on November 13, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Sadly, half as many more U.S. servicemen and women were killed on our own soil during the Civil War as were killed in World War II. I am certain in retrospect that not one loss of a single life in … Continue reading →

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I was listening to what I heard

Posted on October 8, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

A friend asked, “…were you listening to what I said just now?” To wit I quickly and quite honestly replied, “no – I wasn’t, I was listening to what I HEARD.” And that’s the way it is…alas, the closer the … Continue reading →

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Two Effects of Fear – Cause for stasis or “fearless” behavior

Posted on October 2, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

“we so often lose sight of the truth through our fears…. so much so that our fears begin to create the truth for others. Your ultimate responsibility to the world is to be fearless… do this for me and my … Continue reading →

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On Trust

Posted on October 1, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Trust is the blend of belief and action…belief in motion, motion believed. It is not just given to another, but also earned and accepted with both emotional and intellectual acknowledgment. If trust were just a voice, it would mean little … Continue reading →

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