Category Archives: Life

Thoughts on Parenting

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Harold

I am mindful today of violence and destruction. On the one hand we have a 7.8Mw earthquake that has taken more than 4000 lives and destroyed Nepalese cultural artifacts dating back hundreds of years. On the other we have whatever … Continue reading →

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Openly Secular?

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Harold

I put a daily almanac up on Facebook for no other reason than that it amuses me, and I noticed that Thursday is Openly Secular Day. It didn’t make the cut for my almanac since I was already out over 430 … Continue reading →

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Work Gives Me a Context

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Harold

Ronni Bennett posted today on how folks manage retirement. Not speaking for her, but she is engaged in blogging and issues on aging. Others take jobs, and still others appear content to be still. There are no wrong answers, it seems. … Continue reading →

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“sic transit gloria mundi”

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Harold

I am mindful that everything is transitory. As Heraclitus said: “No man steps in the same stream twice for the stream is not the same, and neither is the man.” Since I moved back to California I’ve been working together with … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts on the Shootings at the Navy Yard

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Harold

I’m sorry, but I really want to write about some other stuff and I can’t until I purge my mind so here are three thoughts on these shootings. I don’t see this as an appropriate basis for a push for … Continue reading →

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Admitting That I’ve Moved

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Harold

I haven’t said anything about leaving Western North Carolina in May, and moving back to Los Angeles County.  A couple of folks have asked me if I’m dying or something along that line; and, of course, that is my destiny, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Life

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Harold

I’ve been following a conversation regarding whether or not it’s time it’s time for someone to kill their aging and infirm cat and it struck me that the whole thing feels wrong. Nelson Mandela is 94 years old and people … Continue reading →

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Note to Myself

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Harold

Today I opened Daily Zen to see this: In the autumn of my sixty-sixth year, I’ve already lived a long time. The intense moonlight Is bright upon my face. There’s no need to discuss The principles of koan study; Just … Continue reading →

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A Word for Sarah Rouette

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Harold

It’s been just a little while since HM1 Sean Dustman (Doc in the Box) introduced me to his sister’s blog, Drink Water and Breathe. Sarah was a young single mother of two boys who, during her workup for breast cancer, … Continue reading →

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A Long Five Weeks

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Harold

I observed the other day that, ever since the earliest civilizations, people have gathered together around the winter solstice to mark the passing of the long cold nights into increasingly brighter warmer days. I’m not sure whom to “credit” with … Continue reading →

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