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Resurrection

Resurrection

Enjoy this day, and meditate upon hope and resurrection and refreshment and life and the eternal. And chocolate (why not?). [myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=26253154[/myspace] “White Lily” – Laurie Anderson What Fassbinder film is it – The one-armed man Walks into a flower shop And says: “What flower expresses Days go by And they just keep going by… Endlessly… Pulling you Into the future? Days go by… Endlessly… Endlessly pulling you… Into the future?” And the florist says: “White Lily”…. ?

Blogger Friendship Award

Blogger Friendship Award

Jolly Roger of Reconstitution 2.0 has bestowed upon me a very lovely award. It’s been a busy, busy week, but I finally have a chance to post it. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must…

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Feedback from a Former Jehovah’s Witness

Feedback from a Former Jehovah’s Witness

This is the kind of feedback that makes it all worthwhile. Thank you for responding, and best wishes to you on your journey! Until recently, I was just an ex-JW. But now I’m really trying to become a recovering JW. I realized that as soon as I was df’d, I just threw myself into a frenzy of activities and poor choices, with no real direction. I think I was trying to stay busy so I’d forget about it all. But…

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Obama is President

Obama is President

The audience wanted to celebrate but it was a stern – and brilliant – inaugural speech. I watched it in my office break room. It wasn’t my first choice for a location, but at least I got to see it with other people. Aretha Franklin! Yo-Yo Ma! And that rascal Roberts trying to get him to flub! He even skipped the part about protecting us from enemies, both foreign and domestic! But – wiping a tear and sighing happily –…

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Cold Moon

Cold Moon

Nestled front and center against a huge cumulus cloud, the moon looks like a hole in the sky tonight. My camera can’t capture the mood, but there is a fiery/faerie halo around the whole moon. It’s beautiful. It rained last night, so the full moon was hidden, but tonight’s moon still looks pretty full to me. “Then came old January wrapped well In many weeds to keep the cold away; Yet did he quake and quiver, like to quell, And…

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