Archive For The “Here I Am” Category

She Said She Loved Me And I Asked Her, Where?

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She Said She Loved Me And I Asked Her, Where?

My jaws are locked my dad’s unfrocked but do I really care? My mom’s a whore, my daughter more but am I really there? My dog is dead and though it’s said he died as brave as man, my only hope with which to cope, is leave this wretched land. Hof, Germany. March 2, 1969….

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Morning Walk In Florida (Photo Essay)

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Morning Walk In Florida (Photo Essay)

I really do see the good in people, and I don’t want to change that. That’s really how I view things, so sometimes I’ll look past a lot of huge red flags because I see something else in someone. Then, of course, it always comes back to haunt me in the long run. – Jennifer…

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Wild Dog Quarantine Day 209

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Wild Dog Quarantine Day 209

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere. – Ben Kingsley The Commissioner defeated a conservative Republican, who wasn’t right-wing enough. The defeated candidate remarked, “His name is Champion and he owns a gun store….

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Visiting Mom At The Old Folk’s Home

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Visiting Mom At The Old Folk’s Home

I called ahead and asked if Bay Village allowed guests to bring pets to visit residents. A chipper female voice was delighted by the idea. “Why we so enjoy when families bring their kitties and little dogs. Please do.” “Is there a weight limit?,” I asked keeping my own voice light. “Oh, no” was the…

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How Covid Is Like A Pit Bull Attack

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How Covid Is Like A Pit Bull Attack

Original title: Just Because I Like The Photo. There was no text until This morning when Ragnar and I were attacked by a pit bull terrier – I love them, too, just the truth. It was huge and muscular and white. And not slow. At 73 and badly arthritic, I have yet to master the…

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A Better Mushroom

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A Better Mushroom

Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience that primordial shamanism is based on is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego. – Terence McKenna My buddy’s brother was a drug dealer and the elephant keeper at the Portland zoo, so my buddy’s brother was my buddy, too. I got no problem…

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Feeling Fried By Herd Mentality

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Feeling Fried By Herd Mentality

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet – Mahatma Gandhi About the fourth anniversary of Trump’s escalator ride, 2019, I decided the best revenge was putting him out of mind. I am childless and it was Father’s Day and I thought how lucky Barron was not to have the…

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Suddenly Fall In Flagstaff

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Suddenly Fall In Flagstaff

One night below freezing, then a second. Others will follow. Still the flowers not as many as before still flowers stand strong singing softly, a little hoarse, Look at, look at us, we do this for you. Might be your last chance, a weak chorus still makes a song. October 3, 1974

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Things I Thought Today

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Things I Thought Today

The woman who tolerates me on a daily basis, she’s the real hero. – Barker Ajax Awfully dark, awfully early. What the hell, might as well get up. I could give up coffee if I thought I should. Don’t see that happening. Think I’ll take the rest of the day off.

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Wild Dog Virus Update (Week 2 Month 7)

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Wild Dog Virus Update (Week 2 Month 7)

I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Daughter had facial surgery the day before a huge tree totaled my son’s new pickup. The neighbors next door moved for security reasons, they didn’t feel safe. How am…

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