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"this is the world as best as I can remember it"

Friday, July 25, 2008

St. Kevin Was Here

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st. kevin was here Originally uploaded by sesame ellis Thinking about Kevin this morning hurts. A few weeks ago I found his name in my c...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Kevin as a painting outline

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Kevin used to start paintings and then not be able to finish them because it was such a tedious process with his poor eye sight. The "...
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Kevin, the beginning

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My first memory of Kevin takes me back to the Spring of 1989 at Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU). I had just turned twenty and was a rec...
Monday, January 21, 2008

8 Point Cross

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Almost 10 years ago now I made this cross out of palm fronds in the basement of Ss. Constantine & Elena Orthodox Church with my wife ...
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Going to a "Christmas Celebration"

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J found an advertisement for a "Christmas Celebration" at the downtown Methodist Church this evening. It seemed promising and so...
Sunday, May 06, 2007

The Whale

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What causes a man to be led down a path of growing infidelity whose end is the destruction of his marriage and the splitting up of his fa...
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Saturday, December 02, 2006

Für Arvo

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“I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism...
Thursday, November 02, 2006

We fight not against flesh and blood...

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Morning Prayers Originally uploaded by []Aaroneous Monk[] . October 30th, 2006 - I arrived at the airport with two large duffle bags ...
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Friday, June 23, 2006

Dream Doodle

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Dream Doodle Originally uploaded by []Aaroneous Monk[] . This morning during staff meeting I doodled a dream I had a few nights ago...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

The Fifth Beatle

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  Last night I dreamt I was the fifth Beatle. It was the oddest thing. We were at a large gathering of some kind wearing white suits, the ...
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Monday, January 02, 2006

"Who is My Neighbor?"

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Kramer's 1! Originally uploaded by Aaroneous Monk . Our son turned one this past week. Unlike many extravagant celebrations I’ve...
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Monday, October 31, 2005

Borders Baby & Bio Blurb

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. I first fell in love with Borders Bookstore in the Spring of 1995. I was a 26 year old “non-traditional” student who had previously gra...
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Monday, October 24, 2005

Waiting for Mom

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Is there anything worse than being separated from those you love? And if there is, what does that say about the strangulating coils of p...
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Monday, September 12, 2005

Stairway to Where?

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ShadowStairs 3 Originally uploaded by Aaroneous Monk . I had a vivid dream last night: I was playing basketball in a free-standin...
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Friday, August 26, 2005

Green Tea Frappuccino

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I had my first taste of the strange concoction known as “Green Tea Frappuccino” at Starbucks last night. Hidden in the icey sweetness was...
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Tuesday, August 02, 2005

A Good Death

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When I leave this world I want to be sitting in a bookstore at night, an old man in a big chair, crumpled sweater, baggy corduroys, ...
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Sunday, June 19, 2005

Apropos of Padrehood

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Well, this year Father's Day corresponds with the Feast of Pentecost. EK graciously decided to take a long nap at the end of the Lit...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Mother & Child

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This year was JB's first Mother's Day! I was on my way home Sunday morning from being on call and stopped at Safeway to get flowers...
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Thursday, May 05, 2005

Awed by the beauty...

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Awed by the beauty of thy virginity  and the exceeding radiance of thy purity, Gabriel stood amazed and cried to thee, O Mother of ...
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Friday, April 22, 2005

Nice Bark

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Abba Xanthios said, "A dog is better than I am, for he has love and he does not judge." The first time I heard this quote it c...
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A. Monk
“Aaroneous Monk” brings to mind the image of a bumbling but well-meaning hermit who continually trips himself up in his overgrown beard as he attempts to battle evil in the world but, more often than not, forgets about the darkness in his own heart. It also sounds similar to the legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, but with a faux-Greek twist. Thelonious was known for being able to maintain two disparate rhythms going at the same time with his hands seemingly disconnected from each other. That kinda sums up my struggle...
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