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Musings on Knotty Pine Memories
Musings on Knotty Pine Memories Knotty pine from the dark corner of someone else’s Remodeled basement release a familiar odor as I cut it down to size. The resin flavored aroma sends me to another place. But I don’t know … Continue reading
Sofas, Beets and Belief: Choose Wisley
I helped move a sofa into a basement today with small doors and annoying landings. I was positive the sofa was going to be stuck on the landing forever, or until I broke the legs off. We had to back … Continue reading
What if I Don’t Take the Road Less Travelled?
What if I don’t take the road less travelled? Will that make all the difference? What if I stay on the road most travelled? There’s obviously advantages to staying on the road most travelled otherwise there wouldn’t be all these … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Personality
Tagged choices, failure, road less travelled, robert frost, rules, societal norms
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In Search of the Gushing Pen
I just stopped. The pen was so faulty in putting ink to paper that I just stopped taking notes. And then I just stopped thinking. And that isn’t much help when you’re actually trying to put thoughts to paper. I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Personality
Tagged creativity, expression, medium, pen, self-expression, skills, tools
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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
Posted in Personality, poetry
Tagged congo, inspiration, musings, pc, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, vachel lindsay
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What if I Didn’t Care?
Originally posted on Once More Unto the Change:
What if I didn’t care? Seems like an odd thought to begin with. Yet the other day while researching a subject I thought, What if I didn’t care? Would I be researching…
Finding an “Ism” that I can Live For
I guess I’m all obsessed with “isms” recently. Just got done going off about perfectionism. And yesterday I was thinking about purism. You don’t hear much about Purists now days though. When I was younger I was always hearing people … Continue reading
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Tagged extremism, hipster, obsession, passion, perfectionism, purism, purist, snobbery
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Expectations: Perfectionism’s Evil Child
I am the opposite of a perfectionist. That is undoubtedly true. What am I then? Apparently if you’re not a perfectionist you’re a rebel. I found this out by searching for antonyms of perfectionism. Here’s a list of some of … Continue reading
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Tagged absolute, ego, evolve, expectations, organic, perfectionism, perfectionist, rebel
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Fortress of Dissolitude 