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skipper wrote a new post, On Being Lost 7 years, 11 months ago
Have you ever been lost? It’s a sense that one has lost touch with the perimeter or edge that provides definition to a person’s situation. One feels adrift and even afraid because there is no meaningful ‘he […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Snips 7 years, 11 months ago
Here’s a quote from Albert Einstein:
“A human being is part of the whole called by us “Universe”; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate […]
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skipper wrote a new post, One is the Magic Number 7 years, 11 months ago
Mariner has been pondering what magic word will lead to a successful campaign for candidates in November 2008. What came to mind quite intuitively is the refrain from John Lennon’s song Imagine:
You may say th […]
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National unity does seem like an impossible dream. It doesn’t feel like Americans are on the same team anymore, and I wonder when that happened. I could blame certain parties, but that does not advance the cause of unity. But if certain parties would be more reasonable, unity would be easier to achieve!
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skipper wrote a new post, The Apocalypse is Nigh 7 years, 11 months ago
Mariner often has touted the joy of being married to a professional librarian, serious poet, and bibliophile of the first order. Yet again, reading through the many books by her bedside, his wife came across this […]
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skipper wrote a new post, How to Make Order from Chaos 7 years, 11 months ago
Mariner is not, what is the term – a neatnik. His home office is a replica of the human presence on Planet Earth. The office is a clutter sanctuary, a habitat of overgrown functions that dysfunction – lost in the […]
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I love the term “clutter sanctuary” – what a cozy set of words. I wonder if keeping the doors off the closet would improve things? Good luck!
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skipper wrote a new post, Rajneesh 7 years, 11 months ago
Mariner was a Methodist pastor during the 1960’s. He was interested in philosophical direction at the time; it was indeed a time of crossroads in contemporary thoughts about secularism, socialism, capitalism, t […]
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I love these! Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing Rajneesh’s commandments. I love all of them and they do make alot of sense to me, but I can see where most would have trouble understanding. I did for years as well. But some day, hopefully, we will all understand what he is telling us. Nice to see “old Friends” again isn’t it?
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There is a lot of Buddhist theology in these commandments. Personally, I find them unsettling and egocentric. I stopped at # 2 and realize that going further would be futile, but I did it anyway. I simply do not understand most of these. Number 10 especially. “Don’t search”? Why on earth should we not search? Does this mean sit around under a Bo tree and smugly feel that this is it, you know all there is to know? I find this fairly repulsive. OK, rant is over. The Commandments certainly do make one think.
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skipper wrote a new post, Immigration is not a one-thought issue 7 years, 11 months ago
The growing proportion of older adults throughout Europe, many parts of Asia (particularly Japan, South Korea and China) and North America are outpacing the population of young people. This gray population […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Arrested Donald and other Important Matters 7 years, 12 months ago
Mariner has been overwhelmed by the presence of Donald in a twenty-first century Presidency. Mariner hasn’t said much this past year other than a few asides in the midst of other topics. It has become blatantly o […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Public Education – a Look at the Battleground 7 years, 12 months ago
Since the founding of the United States, public education always has been an orphan child amid governments and private institutions. Government budgets grudgingly admit there is a national responsibility to assure […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Matters of Preponderance 8 years ago
Mariner receives from a relative each year at Christmas a calendar with daily sayings. The theme tends to be ethereal, whimsical, transcendental and often profound. Mariner confesses most sayings leave him puzzled […]
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skipper wrote a new post, To Every Thing There is a Season 8 years ago
Mariner opened his email account to read new mail. He opened the New Yorker email to find a sad, poetic article by David Remnick. It is about the slow decline of football. Mariner played football from the age of […]
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I feel the same way about baseball. Recently I watched our town baseball field slowly lose the bases, pitchers mound, and finally home plate to become a soccer field. Sad, very sad.
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skipper wrote a new post, Walking as a Cultural Phenomenon 8 years ago
When was the last time you rode a horse to the Post Office, elementary school, fast food restaurant, relatives, friends or a nearby shopping district? Probably not for a long time if ever. Most likely you ride in […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Old Testament Christians in America 8 years ago
Politico.com headlined an article about millions of voters who believe God arranged for Donald to be President. It turns out it was primarily Pentecostals early in his campaign. Still, polls show a lot more […]
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I think one in 500 is extremely generous if you are looking at the entire population. Part of the problem is the almost total lack of Christian education at every level. I understand, though, the grasping after old time religion to try to remake our country the way it used to be. (When we were all white and Judeo-Christian?) But I don’t understand Trump as the prophet or high priest of that movement. What an unlikely, unholy alliance!
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skipper wrote a new post, REFERENCE SECTION 1-26-18 8 years ago
Today’s post is all reference section. It is composed of three distinct areas of interest: Gerrymandering, Philip K. Dick, fiction writer, and successfully cloned monkeys.
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Gerrymandering
It is e […]
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skipper commented on the post, Gun Violence 8 years ago
Profound. Of the 32,000 who will die next year, many will be unarmed.
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skipper wrote a new post, Whence Compromise? 8 years ago
Below is a ‘two feet on the ground’ quote from the National Public Radio (NPR) website:
“….Democrats call them “American dreamers,” Republicans call them “illegal immigrants.” Democrats say they should be allo […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Our Life of Constant Upheaval 8 years ago
Many historians and political writers have identified the Bernie Sanders movement, the Donald trump movement, and the tea party movement, among many lesser movements, as populist movements. This is not a new […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Mariner goes to the Garage 8 years ago
Mariner is of an age similar to his favored old pickup truck. In times past, he and the truck had good times together hauling lumber, driving through snow and floods, tossing hay to the livestock, driving across […]
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Hope you have good mechanics. Maybe all you need is an oil change, new fan belt and a carburetor cleaner. No recalls for faulty airbags, please. sending prayers and good wishes.
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skipper wrote a new post, Only So Much is Tolerable 8 years ago
Like millions of folks, mariner is a fan of the late shows on television: Trevor Noah, Brian Williams, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Myers, James Corden, Carson Daly, even the weather channel and CBS Overnight […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Fruited Plains 8 years, 1 month ago
Guru is with us today to consider international roles, political leadership and global cultural influence in the 21st century. Guru, you may recall, is the futurist among mariner’s alter egos; very much a t […]
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