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Category Archives: Longreads
“Such a nasty woman”-Donald Trump
Let this sink in, “Such a nasty woman”. That is what Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton last night towards the end of the debate, “Such a nasty woman”. No matter what you think of Hillary Clinton and her fitness to be the President of … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton, Debate, Donald Trump, election, Hillary Clinton, Politics, President, Presidential Race, Such a nasty woman, Trump, women
13 Comments
Searching for our field of peace
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” – Jalaluddin Rumi When I can’t sleep at night, when my mind is … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, forest, John Muir, Nature, Peace, Reflection, Rest, Rumi, Zen
8 Comments
The Endangered White Male
“In the popular culture of the ’40s and ’50s, white men were role models. They were the detectives and cops who ran down gangsters and the heroes who won World War II on the battlefields of Europe and in the … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Longreads, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Angry White Men, demographics, Donald Trump, Endangered White Male, Middle Age, Opinion, The Great White Hope, Trump, White Male
21 Comments
Happy Birthday Day Chuck Berry
Today is Chuck Berry’s 90th birthday. Whether you are a fan or not, and if you aren’t well I don’t even know what to think about you, prepare yourself for this, Chuck Berry invented Rock n’ Roll. That’s right. Without Chuck … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Berry, Happy Birthday, Johnny B. Goode, Legend, Music, My Ding A Ling, Rock 'n' Roll, Rock And Roll Music, Roll Over Beethoven
5 Comments
Pedaling through the farms
I think I have mentioned before that my Grandfather raised beef cattle, black Angus to be exact. He didn’t consider or refer to himself as a “farmer” he was a cattleman but it seems today, at least in my urban … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Longreads, Thoughts
Tagged agriculture, Cycling, farm to table, farmer, Farming, Farms, Foods, Future, Past, vegetables
5 Comments
Tell me where you are from and I will tell you who you are
I have a cousin who grew up down the street from me. He was the oldest of six kids. Six kids who had the same parents, grew up in the same house, and went to the same school. He was … Continue reading
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Tagged Actions, discrimination, environment, Opinion, Politics, Racism, racist, Religion, values
6 Comments
Split Croaker
Last weekend I spent the day in the city that I grew up in. The weather sucked, so the activities we had planned to do outside were ditched and I ended up revisiting old places and old memories from my childhood. … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Croaker, Experience, Faith, fellowship, fish fry, Living, memories, Thankful
6 Comments