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“She spent her whole life trying to understand…”
But what got me was the concept of devotion to an idea as a life-long pursuit. Continue reading
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3.18.10
Street observations: Overheard: (6:41pm – I looked at my iPhone), woman crossing Commercial Street, talking into her phone: “So, you’re being laid off?” Observed: (About noon-thirty), Young man embracing young woman in front of Nickelodeon Theater. Young woman’s arms hanging limply. Young man saying, “But I am breaking up with Rachel.” Exchanged: Norma is homeless Continue reading
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Moleskin Notes
A survey of things I’ve noted: “I tell you this not as aimless revelation but because I want you to know, as you read me, who I am and where I am and what is on my mind.” ~ Joan Didion, The White Album “There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that Continue reading
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the vision thing…
I’ve told my kids that as you grow older you lose your peripheral vision. I’ve said this repeatedly; most often, it seems, each time I felt my own vision closing in. When I was young(er) the world was wide open and my vision reflected it. Then, as I grew up and more focused (though that Continue reading
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Phase of Authenticity
Is it just me, or do other people feel less authentic than they used to? It’s probably just me. I’m not even sure what I mean when I say authentic, but I know it when I feel it. (Kind of like Supreme Court Justice Stewart in 1964, writing about hard-core porn: “I shall not today Continue reading
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Four Dead in Ohio
We had breakfast with friends Mike and Wendy this week. Like a bunch of aged once-upstarts we were bemoaning the lack in today’s youth, vis-a-vis the activism of the sixties and seventies. Mike is slightly older than me and remembers better that period. He recalled passionately the atmosphere in Washington DC, where he lived. What Continue reading
About doug
You might say that I’m philosopher in the classical sense, that is, “One who loves knowledge.” That sounds awfully pretentious, but I don’t know how else to put it. I’ve spent my life chasing questions, diving into wisdom traditions ancient and modern, including the philosophical schools of Existentialism, Pragmatism, and the ancient Greeks, as well as several of the Eastern traditions, principally Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Admittedly, I’m no expert on anything, just a curious pilgrim.
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