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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Confusion? Learn to live with it.

I woke up thinking about something I read, or maybe I dreamed I read it. It has to do with a person who talked to the Buddha. He said "I want happiness," and the Buddha came back with an instruction to take the "I" out of the sentence because that was just ego, and to take "want" out of the sentence... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

She's here!

Arrived about 15-20 minutes ago. No pics yet. Mom & baby doing fine! Baby Kaitlin, 8 pounds, 2 Oz. arrived 5:09 a.m. Pacific time. Sign in to see full entry.

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Happy Birthday Baby Girl ???

Updates on Facebook all night. My grandson's wife is about to hold her baby girl in her arms instead of carrying her just under her heart. Grandson, Marine Sgt. now stationed stateside, had to leave her in the "waiting" room yesterday since he had duty. They planned to text as the day went on, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Book Recommendation --"Arts of the Possible" by Adrienne Rich

In the last days at Borders -- I think that's when I picked up this paperback -- the cover design caught my eye. It looks like a dark sea with tumultuous clouds above with gaps of blue sky showing. The subtitle reads "Essays and Conversations." With poets, I don't usually start at the beginning and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Strings -- a theory?

When I was a student there in the early '80s our university had an award-winning journalism program - its students won prizes for depth reporting, investigative features, first-person interviews, etc. It was a Hearst Award-winning program, and stood up well against other highly praised programs in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

About Football...and "fans" who make death threats

I may boycott the superbowl this year. Not that anyone would notice. I just read an article about the game strategy used by team A -- sorry, I can't remember its name -- to go after a particular player on Team B -- a guy they knew had had four concussions in previous games. Not only did they go... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Happy New Year 4710

I didn't remember when I titled my blog yesterday that today would be the first day of Lunar New Year 4710, the Year of the Dragon. This is the day to give lucky money in red envelopes for good luck. A Vietnamese co-worker of mine at Seattle Central Community College a few years ago gave me one, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Shake your fist at the dragon.

Sometimes a puny sword can scare off a dragon's first swoop if we stand tall and ignore his horrible hot breath, if we take a swipe as he gets close, maybe nick his scaly hide and draw a drop or two of his acid green blood. But we know he'll be back. Sat. a.m. - an overnight rain froze on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Writing a Biography

My mother lived in interesting times, as the old saying goes. I lived with her through some of those times and lived to tell the tale. But I couldn't. Tell the tale, that is. Too much emotion came to the surface as I dug into things that happened. Recently I found an angle from which to tell my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Seen around town

If you remember "Bambi" and the great stag who was the fawn's father, you'll have a mental picture of the "king of the forest" who seems to have claimed parts of Mundane as its territory. Son Guy went out to get in his car a couple days ago. There was the stag, his impressive rack turned in a kind... Sign in to see full entry.

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