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Perceptions Alter In a Moment

A light bulb goes click in your head and your perceptions alter. That’s all the time it takes, usually. The vista is awash with brilliant light.  The space is familiar to you; you know it well, have visited it often. Yet, for the first time, because of the illumination, you see things there that you […]

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Moral Of The Story

I read a version of this story somewhere many years ago. I believe someone sent it to me in the mail. Ergo, don’t bop me over the head if you’ve read it before. There was a farmer who was an enthusiastic horse breeder. He specialized in breeding race horses. He collected different breeds of horses […]

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A Few Right Synonyms

I asked Google for the meaning of the word right– in the sense of doing the right thing. This is what it brought up: Adjective: morally good, justified, or acceptable. Synonyms: just, fair, equitable, good, upright, righteous, virtuous, proper, moral, morally justified, ethical, honorable, honest, principled What a lot of synonyms, I thought. The word […]

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As Simple As That

  I wake up most mornings with one thought dinning in my head. The thought tumbles over itself exuberantly in the sleep dimmed spaces of my mind. I can almost hear the screech of the thought ricocheting with supersonic speed in my skull. It is an irritating sound; it sets my nerves on edge. Over […]

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