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The Inception of Guilt

  • Posted onAugust 29, 2022August 29, 2022
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A little girl, about 4 years old, crouches in the back of a dark blue van with carpeted interior and no seats other than the two in the cab. She’s crying. Her mother, sitting in the passenger seat, looks back at her and says, “Don’t…

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God at the Rodeo

  • Posted onAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022
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Shuffling through my old mental files, I pulled one that comes back to me from time to time. It was one of the most beautiful experiences I have ever had as a human with other humans on this earth. I think it was 2007 when…

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Me and the Existential Vacuum

  • Posted onAugust 14, 2022August 16, 2022
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One of the things I love about reading old books is the insight I gain to the people of the day. The language, customs and internal thoughts are fascinating to me. Edith Wharton’s fiction, as a prime example, was so good at painting the scene…

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Never Anything Important to Say

  • Posted onAugust 7, 2022August 7, 2022
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I have stayed away from writing again for the same reason I always do. While a million ideas might pass through my mind, I always feel that I either can’t do them justice or that they simply aren’t worth writing about. Usually, the former because…

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Not All Heroes Are Bipedal

  • Posted onJune 22, 2021June 23, 2021
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I have many heroes, but there is one that I could never chat with over a hypothetical dinner yet she is one of the first to come to mind when I consider who my idols are. Sadly, she is not alive today, but she left…

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The Ethics of Meat

  • Posted onJune 20, 2021June 20, 2021
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I eat meat. No food group is excluded from my plate, but I am often struck with guilt for the meat I consume. Even when I buy meat to cook at home, finding non-factory farmed meat isn’t always an option.  It’s a problem that needs…

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Back Again

  • Posted onJune 4, 2021June 20, 2021
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I have this condition in my creative life where I become super interested in something, decide I want to write or share about it then determine that there are too many people talking or writing about it and so I am not good enough, smart…

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Make the First Move

  • Posted onJanuary 10, 2020January 10, 2020
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I have been absent from this space that is most dear to me. This nook in life, where I can steal away under the blanket of thought and expression and open this journal between us, warm and glowing from within the pages. A private sharing…

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Music and Magic

  • Posted onSeptember 28, 2019September 28, 2019
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This took place in October of 2016.  I tripped across it while trying to decide what to write about and decided it was a happy memory, worth the share.  I hope you enjoy it. Tonight restored my faith in magic, and I’ll tell you why…

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The Honest Truth

  • Posted onSeptember 16, 2019September 17, 2019
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This piece may be less sunny than my previous posts because it’s about telling the truth in a time when it seems so hard to parse the truth with a constant overload of information and the super-charged nature of the world today. But we will…

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A Primate Ponders Consciousness

  • Posted onAugust 18, 2019August 18, 2019
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I’ve been reading and listening to a lot about what it means to be conscious lately. I am always amused at how the minute an idea that is new to me attracts my attention, I continue to run into more and more information on the…

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The Gifts of Failing

  • Posted onJuly 31, 2019July 31, 2019
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What I didn’t do was finish the 165-mile Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT), reach the highest summit in it, or spend 11 days trying. What I did do was hike 20 miles in a day and a half with about 28 pounds on my back the…

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Ain’t It Strange?

  • Posted onJuly 18, 2019July 18, 2019
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I’m so late getting out a new post, and my reasons are so typical and inexcusable for anyone who cares enough about something. I won’t bore you with them. However, I want to share some things that have been going on in my life with…

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The Fear Of Failing

  • Posted onJuly 6, 2019July 6, 2019
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It is 9:35 p.m. and I am literally just writing to write, hoping that something great comes out of it. I have spent most of the afternoon trying to overcome a fear of failing. I’m trying to build something and I’m afraid people won’t want…

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Reading, Writing, Working

  • Posted onJune 28, 2019June 28, 2019
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Reading and writing and working—the three things that have filled most of the last two weeks. I am so excited for the little progress here at Greater Ape, but I need to add content, and while I’ve been writing quite a bit, nothing lately has…

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Education Vs. Indoctrination

  • Posted onAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020
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This is a blog post written by a dear friend and I found it so relevant, I wanted to share with you, here. Stay true to yourselves and don’t be afraid to change. Much love! Education v. Indoctrination

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