Category Archives: Short Stuff

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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what we do, we are

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

Many times, we stand on the fallow banks, transfixed before such a sullen river. Some remain fixated with a distant vision of the opposite shore; others see just the abysmal current that sequesters them slumbering by; and then there are … Continue reading →

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on 9-11

Posted on September 6, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

If every objects matter were no different than that of the next, but for their arrangement of atoms. Then truly all we can distinguish and behold with our eyes, is the play of light on the world. You can knock … Continue reading →

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autofox

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

My body spends most it’s day leaking fluids… Sputtering, shuddering – making wrong turns. It has an unpleasant odor under the hood. My smile is like the evergreen “car-freshener,” dangling on a rear view mirror. When I smile, it usually … Continue reading →

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Defined by a Feather

Posted on July 22, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

My gift at mid-life, (which is defined by the fulcrum that shifts continually to the right over the course of a lifetime) was received when I dropped a palette of gold that I pulled from the earth to catch a … Continue reading →

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Arthur – on the art of Living

Posted on July 22, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Our lives, each of us, are like perfectly tuned instruments…objects of intrigue in our stillness, but exquisitely beautiful when played among the symphony of life. When I go, the strings may snap and wood may warp…but the music is indelible. … Continue reading →

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Love is Fierce –

Posted on July 15, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love is Fierce – if you stand in it’s way, it will not swerve. I have learned in life that sometimes truth (even our own) is largely a function of how well we calibrate and hone the instruments of self … Continue reading →

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