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

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Reading Buck's "The Good Earth"

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"The Good Earth" comes to mind As I mow my yard and think of “the land” This is my land and it’s not much But I work it with...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Pirates for Hire

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Sunday morning I was on call and the workload was mercifully light which allowed me to head home just after the noon hour. At home I was pr...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

I Thought I saw the Theotokos

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I thought I saw the Theotokos walking the halls of the hospital where I work, her face dark, warm, and glowing with an inner...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

The Country Shed

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The Country Shed Originally uploaded by []Aaroneous Monk[] Some time in the mid 90’s the so-called “bypass” in Marion Indiana was being w...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Haunting

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30 April 2009 This past week I’ve been in the process of clearing from Ft. Campbell in order to begin a new life sans military. It is a...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Everybody needs a little luck

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Creche Originally uploaded by []Aaroneous Monk[] This is the second year in a row we've visited a Live Nativity at a church down the roa...
Monday, December 08, 2008

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

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Recently Elias has become more and more involved with using our vacuum attachments as his “shooter” and wearing his hooded bath towel as a...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

A day of numbers

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A day of numbers Originally uploaded by []Aaroneous Monk[] nine and eleven equal twenty which doubled is forty the number...
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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“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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