Journal
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Goodbye Amazon
As an Amazon.com charter member since it was created in 1994, it pains me to have been so frustrated and ultimately close the account. Too many missed deliveries and botched orders lately. After downloading and converting my e-books so I can use them on any…
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Three Corners
Saturday, May 23rd 37.0000 -103.0022
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Country Roads Take Me Home
37.0001 -103.0023
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Get Out
I’ve been feeling out of sorts lately so we decided to get out of the house for another day trip- this time to the ghost town of Ingalls, Oklahoma. Even better was the fact that our destination was unknown to me until we arrived. It…
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More thoughts on a Stoic philosophy from a Roman Emperor
Wake Up Early and Get To Work “At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work – as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was…
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Stoic Virtues
Marcus Aurelius, one of the more decent Roman Emperors, kept a journal on philosophical topics which is now known as the Meditations, such as how to live well and how to be a good leader. Some of the virtues he reflected on are just as…
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Progress
The organization of my archives is slowly starting to look better. I’ve moved images to their proper month/years and removed the duplicates. The current process finds me removing the images I do not want. The example above shows over 15,000 photos in 2019 alone. I’ve…
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One Day
Or Day One? I need to decide.
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Be Quiet
“The quieter you become the more you are able to hear.”
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Both
There is peaceful. There is wild. I am both at the same time. Sum
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In Or Out?
Men seek for seclusion in the wilderness, by the seashore, or in the mountains – a dream you have cherished only too fondly yourself. But such fancies are wholly unworthy of a philosopher, since at any moment you can choose to retire within yourself. Nowhere…
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Peace In Our Time
During this time of isolation and retreat while in a pandemic, there is also loneliness and distraction. OR, it is a time for mindfulness and reflection, like modern monks. I am choosing not to retreat into despair but it hasn’t been easy. There were too…