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Methane Wars: A Fable – Chapter One
It’s the Cows I don’t know when it all started. I just know when my part started. Nine years ago. I was driving through rural Wisconsin. It was there amongst the rolling green hills that it began for me. A … Continue reading
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Tagged cows, environment, green house gases, methane wars, politics, satire, society
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Methane Wars, Coming Really Soon
Hello All, I’ve decided to serialize a short novel I wrote a few years ago. I’ll publish a chapter a day until the chapters run out. It’s called “Methane Wars: A Fable.” It’s about cows and methane and such. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, cows, dystopia, environment, global warming, methane wars, satire, slip stream, society
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Musings on Following Sheep
Dreams of writing something dark and Deep slip out of consciousness when All that comes to mind are sheep. The visit to the farm, Sheep paintings on the wall. Sheep everywhere. Sheep, sheep, sheep. Ah, but we do a disservice … Continue reading
Be Happy: Stop Feeding the Furnaces of Industry
More, more, more. Ah, the superimposing of contentment onto possessions. There’s a social disease for you. It’s like an insatiability. A vicious (and perhaps viscous) unfulfilling loop where we mindlessly feed our hard earned rewards back into the furnaces of … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Personality
Tagged condition, habit, happy, minimalism, possessions, retail therapy, serotonin
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Begging Vachel Lindsay’s Pardon
Begging Vachel Lindsay’s Pardon It’s not my fault, Vachel Lindsay. I only came to read your words And find inspiration. I tried to find you in my house But all the books in boxes Are hidden from my eyes Waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged congo, inspiration, musings, pc, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, vachel lindsay
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Musings on Pepper Grinding
My Pepper Grinder is a piece of work. I twist and I twist and I twist. My hand grows weary and cramps For a few sprinkles of black gold. So I resort to salt. Salt in large mouth jars Where … Continue reading
Posted in Food, poetry
Tagged blood pressure, grinder, musings, pepper, poetry, salt
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An Apology to the Bees
An apology to the Bees for whom I planted the wild flowers, The barrage of colors intended to seduce you into the yard, Lure you with scents and promises of more, A pollenic paradise beyond the floral gate. Tomatoes and … Continue reading
Musings on a Wooden Breakfast
No food in the house today. I stare at the wooden furniture Biscuit sitting on the desk. It doesn’t look all that inviting But it looks better all the time. Don’t worry. I won’t eat it. It’s not that big … Continue reading
Musings in the Sauna
He lies there naked, sprawled as if just hit by a bus. Sweaty, slick and shiny. Unmoving. I see his chest move. No need to call the medic. His head nods. Perhaps he has acknowledged My entry into his world. … Continue reading
Fortress of Dissolitude 