PEACOCKS

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

peacockI heard them the moment I arrived yesterday, in the not too far distance, making a racket with their mewling-squawking cries that rang out over treetops and buildings. Continue reading →

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SMILES

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Today, as I walked back home from coffee, through the path that runs by the river and then cuts around to pass the communal vegetable gardens, ends on the road that takes us past Salomé’s beauty parlor (called the Snapshot_20130420_1Toutou.net)… Continue reading →

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21

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

Twenty one years ago today was my first day of sobriety, the first day of a new life, the first twenty-four hours in more years than I care to remember when I didn’t have a drop of alcohol. It came after a night that was a nightmare and a godsend. Continue reading →

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CLEAR FOCUS

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

…if the aspiration is inside a human being to grow,

to find the truth, then (she) will find a way

and the way will find (her).
(Mooji)

I just watched a video titled, 212 – The Extra Degree, (
http://www.videosmotivational.com/best-clips/success/212-the-extra-degree/
). It is a good promotional video that stresses the importance of the number “1”, beginning with the difference between water that is 211º and is hot, and water that is 212º and boils producing steam which is power enough to move a train or a boat. Continue reading →

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WINTER AND SPRING

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

 Back there around the end of October (on the 29th) I wrote a blog entitled “The First Day of Winter”. It sure as hell felt like it back then. The following day, I received an e-mail from a very dear friend who lives in Acapulco (where it NEVER feels like winter) telling me that I was mistaken because winter didn’t begin until the 21st of December. Continue reading →

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IF YOU WANT THE TRUTH, ASK YOUR ENEMIES

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

NUBES Y DIENTES DE LEÓN (AMARGÓN) 011

Yesterday, a young woman (I’ll call her Mary), with whom I had worked previously, called asking if she could speak with me about a serious matter. Mary is a teacher, and I listened as she related how another woman teacher, who “had it in for her”, had tried to tell her how to run her class and had ended up turning the students and the director against her. Continue reading →

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EARTH-SHAKES AND DREAMS

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Last night just before dropping off to sleep a little after midnight I had the strangest thought. I suddenly thought of an earthquake and realized the possibility it could happen because we are so near the Pyrenees. Then I wondered if the building my apartment is in would hold up. Continue reading →

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