I HEARD THINGS ON THE RADIO

I explore an old timey concept, we used to call it radio, now we call it content, and it continues to get hollowed out, dehumanized & computerized. #YOUWONTWIN

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DIALOGUE

WHAT are you saying? Are you listening, or just talking? Jumping through the decades and learning to speak. And learning who listens, and who believes you.

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LIGHT

We need to be able to see. Be a light. Glow your own way. It’s not complex, and it’s not simple. It just is. Be your own light, and see what you can see. Be. ❤️

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We Never Knew These People

Who do we know, really? Depends on your choice, I reckon. I’ve always wanted to tell our story, but there is so much I’m not able to know. But, we can ask…..

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23 SEPTEMBER

Do You Remember

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Curtain Falls

Behind the curtain is a mirror, and next to that mirror is another mirror. Step right up. The show never ends. Not in the streets it don’t. Life’s a gas, Tango.

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COMMIT TO THE BIT

Don’t break character, whatever you do. Show business is your life, and we work better as a team. Write it down, or improvise, but don’t forget the map.

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THE BACKYARD MEADOW

Control Is A Delusion, born out of fear. Maybe. This week I wrote about the yard, and the difference between tidy and roughshod. How compromise is earned. Dig?

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The colony doesn't grieve them

I woke up early enough yesterday to see the bees clocking in for work at the flower bed next to my porch and after a few minutes this doofus bumblebee showed up late. You could tell it was flying a li...

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TALL TOWN TALES

Lake View Oregon

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MY MEMORY ISN’T WHAT IT ONCE WAS

I get tired, that's for sure, and my mind wanders more than usual. That is what this essay is about. The climb to a point where you are seeing things different.

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BEEN WAITING FOR THE BUS ALL DAY

With my can of dinner. On Acquired Tastes, I wrote about how greasiness is next to godhead, and how music travels, for ears open to listen. RIP, BEARD AND HILL.

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BOOK SHELF

Collecting is the point. It will take a lot of work to take these from me. Unlike the files that can be taken at a keystroke. Books are sand in their gears.

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Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors

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OH-RIGI-NULL

WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE OTHERS, NOT JUST GIANTS BUT THE ANCESTORS IN THE GROUND. SORRY TO BE SHOUTING. I WILL TAKE A WALK NOW.

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ROSE BURG

Douglas County Seat and a huge town in my head. I've been bigger places since, but we are all part of something, no matter where we are, or how we get separated

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SUNDAY SCARIES

I'm burning to the ground, Monday is just around the corner. Thanks for advice my sodden friend I'll look deep inside to see if I belong with the men.

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FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER FATIGUE

When I worked, I would be tired by Friday night, then Thursday afternoon, then Thursday morning, then, all the time. The birds in the air don't care. Fly away.

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SAILFISH

I wrote about trying to work through selfishness, how to turn it on and turn it off, and how hard that is. 4 cups of coffee were consumed writing it.

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LUSORY TIMES

DON'T HATE THE GAME, OR YOURSELF. TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM TREAT YOU. BELIEVE.

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WORKING/LIVING/WORKING/DYING

Who gave you keys, who trusted you, what do you have to show for it? We enter the world wet, we exit dried out. Be careful what you wish for. YOU MIGHT WIN

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DOUBLE SIX

TIME TIME TIME, SEE WHAT'S BECOMES OF ME, AS I LOOK AROUND AT POSSIBILITIES...that are rapidly diminishing. Thank Mama. Too much choice is a poison. 66. Go.

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