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“The psychology of ordinary man could even be called the study of lying, because man lies more than anything else; and as a matter of fact, he cannot speak the truth. It is not so simple to speak the truth; one has to learn how to do it, and sometimes
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Getting ready to hit the road to head back to Iowa. Finishing up the last of the hotel coffee. Probably going to do a lot of crying on the road today. Good thing I’ve still got Roxy. I know you loved me, Mom. Sometimes I found it hard to
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On the way home, the western sky burnished with gold. Halfway between home and Mom. I’m going to have some dinner, my first real meal in days, and try to get a good nights sleep. I saw her this morning, sat on a couch next to her and hugged
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“you realize that what you remember from childhood are only glimpses of self-remembering” I wonder if this why some childhood memories are weird, like you can almost see yourself. Excerpt From: P. D. Ouspensky. “The Fourth Way.” Apple Books.
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“So we imagine ourselves, really. We are not what we imagine ourselves to be.” We create ourselves from our imaginations? Excerpt From: P. D. Ouspensky. “The Fourth Way.” Apple Books.
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This part of the road is very familiar. We’ve been down it many times before. Roxy hasn’t, though, except in a box. We took a break from ruminating to climb the tower and look out over the valley.
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Stopped for gas and other refueling. It’s fun to use gas station names as waypoints in Apple Maps. Siri makes a definite pause after “Kum”—or maybe I’m just used to people pronouncing it as one word.
Writing
I’m leaving today to drive down to Kentucky to see my Mom. It’ll be the first time I’ve seen her since Christmas. I’ll get to have lunch with her tomorrow in her new facility, and then spend part of the afternoon with her. It’s a
Quotes
“Druids follow the eightfold Wheel of the Year,” he says, “which means that we have something to do every six weeks. It’s a useful period of time—you always have the next moment in sight. It creates a pattern through the year.” “Four solar festivals, linked to solstices and
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustan_literature I had never heard this term before, despite 20 years in the English Department. As an undergrad, which may help explain it.
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astra-mag.com/articles/i-do-not-keep-a-diary/ A wonderful sentence, I feel like the mention of suicide is just a nice little splash of pepper, but then the structure of the sentence is really well done, too.
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astra-mag.com/articles/i-do-not-keep-a-diary/ I journal daily, hourly even. I blog my life in my journal. But yes, the voice is hard, it's just like trying to figure out the voice that I'll be for the blog. When it'