Layers Of Memory You unfold in layers like the sheet, blanket, and comforter wrapped around me. You are a memory, alive from not long ago. Why now do you rise up from your nothingness to awaken in my mind. This body asleep? I would have remembered you in a time more suited to your grandeur. …
A Magical Christmas Morning
A Magical Christmas Morning Tonight is Christmas Eve. The cat is curled up at the foot of the bed, the gas fireplace heats the room and I have just climbed into bed. As a child and during my early adulthood, my Christmas Eves were spent doing all those last minute tasks before the big day. …
Loja Mágica — Revitalization
The more things change, the more they remain the same. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (November 24, 1808 – September 29, 1890) I was pleasantly surprised upon my return to Loja. When I left three years ago El Centro was undergoing major repairs and renovations. The streets were all being repaved. The sidewalks were being leveled and …
The Gate Keeper of Inspiration: Book II Chapter Ten — Carl Edward Sagan
Book II Chapter Ten — Carl Edward Sagan It is another beautiful morning here on the grounds of the Inn of Inspiration. One of life’s great joys is being in an environment of inspired individuals. It does not matter that we agree on everything or anything for that matter. It matters only that we follow …
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Loja Mágica — Strokes Of Chance
Chance … has a distinct meaning for me. I do not know where I might have been led by the paths that, as I look back, I think I might have taken but that in fact I did not take. What is certain is that I am satisfied with my fate and that I should …
Loja Mágica — Enough
You never know what is enough until you know what is too much. William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) “That’s Enough!” My mother would yell from wherever she was to wherever my brother and I were wrestling or in a tussle. We both knew what enough meant and would move to our …
Everything
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires. —Lao-Tzu It’s happening again— the swelling of waves inside this vessel I call my body. I become the ocean and the sky. I am the stars spreading light across this darkness. Everything is inside of me In this world where I am everything.
