Category Archives: vignette

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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LATEST RAGES

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

ON MORMON FOUNDATIONS OF POLYGAMY:   When your religion is working for you anymore, don’t retrace your historical context, just change your moral code! Which is why I brought up Jan Brewer – here is an example of where legislation … Continue reading →

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Love is the finest form of dying

Posted on March 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is a thin fine line between giving up on yourself and giving up on needing another…between striving for that spring green flexibility and tormenting ourselves when we bend in the slightest way, in the slightest breeze. The hollowing pain … Continue reading →

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…LEX PARISMONIAE: MIDLIFE IN SOLILOQUY

Posted on March 15, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

My dear and clear friends, I find it ironic that the easiest can be so difficult. I heard a sojourner at the rail sigh and say into his glass of ale, “…this proclivity for circumlocution and periphrasis has been a … Continue reading →

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A Gold Dipped Metaphor

Posted on February 16, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Were it not for a volcano exploding in Asia and shifting the earth for moment, I’d not have caught my balance on a cliffs edge in North America. So certain was I that plate tectonics was my guardian angel; and … Continue reading →

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Ode to the Conquerer of Great Distance and Time

Posted on February 16, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Prelude:  As We Arrive Your love found me, as if two suns rose from the east and west at the same time.  Where their rays met would be indistinguishable, and why even understand it. What we feel in touch is … Continue reading →

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A Night in the Window

Posted on February 5, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

“Say that again,”  he said. Interrupting her sip of beer, she replied,   “mm – say what?”              “- Say whatever it was you said, because it made a perfect arc between our lips.”  She just smiled, looking over the top … Continue reading →

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Monkey Love

Posted on January 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hm, the paradox of the monkey with his hand in a jelly bean jar, a fist clenched with so many jelly beans, but he cannot manage to get his hand out…unless he takes just one.  It’s not the pieces with … Continue reading →

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What the hell happened

Posted on November 28, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

60 something degrees today… emphasis on “something.” Emphasis on “TODAY.” Spent a day giving gifts to strangers because of my unbridled desire to excite the world with whatever the hell excites me. I waste more time and money on this…7 … 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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