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Evolution and Balance

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Interesting video. A thousand years ago, we didn’t live until 80 years old, population was under control, and human discovery was in the early stages of exponential growth, which continues to accelerate. If Darwin is right (and he is), humans … Continue reading →

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Two ways to die

Posted on July 14, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

There are two ways to suffer toward death… one as victim, the other as oppressor. One, a bodily loss and spiritual passing, the other a moral death and disfiguration. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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The Unchangeable Change

Posted on July 12, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

It is easy to forget, and impossible to know, that where we are today is the result of a change someone made or failed to make in the past.They taught us in land navigation that the best way to never … Continue reading →

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Ask

Posted on July 11, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

What’s on my mind lately? Thanks for asking. I’m hungry; I cannot ask for food, I must ask for permission. I am hurt; I cannot ask for a doctor, I must ask permission. I’m safe under my tarpaulin roof; I … Continue reading →

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nature claims no morality

Posted on July 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

                  Under this rainbow, slurs and missiles may volley…. but the beauty of nature has no borders, claims no race, religion, creed, or gender. In fact, nature claims no morality, because it … Continue reading →

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Your Cat is Dead – Post Mortem

Posted on July 6, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

We reduce love to the sexy acts we do within it.  We clench the carnal, like a drowning man clenches a block of granite and would hope to float.  All our sojourner  has is his sock in his hand – … Continue reading →

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The Key within a Key

Posted on July 6, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

We said we’d wake before the sun How many times had we done this before …woken to silence, with no words to speak no other beside us to hear our plaintiff notes, fears, and wishes. None but those that were … Continue reading →

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Love is a Steady Wind

Posted on June 28, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love is a steady wind that erases what we know of it as soon as we try to grasp. It is pre-eternal wisdom, named by God, whispered only in the heart. A feather softly landed. Let it lie. Ti’s an … Continue reading →

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What They Say

Posted on June 27, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

It’s not always what we say with these lips… tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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I am just one wave

Posted on June 20, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am just one wave in the ocean that tumbles and fades on your shores my true love is the tide that retrieves me and bades me, “return, come again, try again.” tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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