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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Metaphor: the Essential Ingredient
We lost a famous poet this past week at the age of 87; his name was Derek Walcott. Today, NPR has been featuring his work, and discussing his effect on humanity. In one sense, I must confess I don’t know … Continue reading →
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Tagged 87, agnostic, atheist, Derek Walcott, DNA, facts, Goridan Knots, hyperbole, illustrative, Into the West, metaphor, primal nature, realm, sacred, sentient, the full spectrum, The Lord of the Rings, the whole truth, war atrocities
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The True Cost
It’s hard to know what something really costs, isn’t it? I mean, if you buy a piece of clothing you find appealing, and you begin to explore where it was made, who designed it, how and by whom it was … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Time is money", 20 pound hammer, 2016, 21st century, Americans, Apple watch, cancer, cost-conscious, counting the cost, criminal indictments, decay, Europe, extraction, Germany, hard working, heart attack, heart disease, hell bent, holiday, Holland, insider trading, iPad, iPhone, John Henry, lazy, movies, Operating System, pace of life, pioneers, pulling teeth, raison d'etre, rest, Rudyard Kipling, sixty seconds worth of distance run, standard of living, steel-driving, stress, taken us captive, tax evasion, television, the Jones's, The true cost, work
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The Lost Story 