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

Monday, January 26, 2026

2000 Souls in a Fishbowl

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  “2000 Souls” is a reminiscence written in the depths of that first year of the pandemic about my childhood spent in a small town in South...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Reading & Writing, Writing & Reading

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Man, this writing thing is so weird.  I feel like I have so much to say but when I sit to write my attention oftentimes shatters into numero...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

All Hat, No Horse

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  Yesterday I came across this art work by Scott Sheldon entitled “All Hat, No Horse” and thought it was brilliant visual commentary. I was ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Les Bosquets

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  I don’t remember how this video came into my awareness several years ago now but I do know it haunts me to this day. It is about the filmi...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

It is a Privilege to Co-suffer

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  As a Christian  it is a privilege  to co-suffer. The symbol sine qua non of the Faith  is not a flower. It is not a heart or a smiley face...
Thursday, January 01, 2026

New Year’s Resolution

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  In the new year I plan to continue to pursue creative outlets to help ease the stress of a bewildering world.  I am willing to take whatev...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

Bliss of the Abyss

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    Stepping into the abyss   of “ignorance is bliss”.        (it hasn’t happened to me        so I can ignore their plea)           Going o...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Christmas Eve in Columbus

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  A quiet and cold morning here in Columbus, Ohio.  There is frost on the grass where Nala is nosing around looking for a place to potty.  I...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Attack on Titan

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  For eight years my son and I followed the saga of Erin Yeager in the Japanese anime series “Attack on Titan”.  It is a strange title in th...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Morning Fog from the Fifth Floor

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  Yesterday morning the fog sat full on the head like a bowler pulled down to ears and eyebrows. I experienced it from the fifth floor of ou...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

A View from Above

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  The huge wrap-around windows in our Neuroscience tower offer a view of the Columbus cityscape off in the distance.   This is especially t...
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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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