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RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

Posted on January 8, 2020 by

Imagine you have an audience.(Which you have).And people are listening to everything you say.(Which they are).And everything you say is being written down.(Which it is).And may be used in evidence against you.(Which it will be). Don’t you wish you could … Continue reading →

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HOPE AND DESPAIR

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

In the Presenteverything gets donehere. From the window of the mind, the Future is therewhere the consequences wait. The mind invents this Futurein order to see consequencesthere, not here,and move towards them. If these consequencesare seen as essentialand realisable,the mind is Hope. … Continue reading →

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MID-SEPTEMBER SUN

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

Dry and ripening:sea flat and shininglike burning glass. Gulls floatinglike ducks on a giant’s pond. Small Coppers, Blues and Hairstreaksplaying like blown leavesin parched grass. Victoria plums,blackberries. This is the turningof the yearwhen all that is thought of as ‘there’is … Continue reading →

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HERE IS NOW

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

Here exists in SpaceNow exists in Time,so how can they be the same? New York exists in America (space).New York exists at five o’clock (time)(say the Americans).But you can’t sayNew York IS five o’clock or New York IS America!(unless you … Continue reading →

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WAVE MAN

Posted on June 27, 2019 by

For the waves that chatter on and on,and the waves that “go with the flow”,the ocean is still there,deep and still to the very seabed. Wave-Man is here all the time.His dreams come and go,sometimes it seems frenetically.What matters is, … Continue reading →

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SQUARING THE CIRCLE

Posted on March 30, 2019 by

How glad I amthat I am hereand not somewhere else. (If I weresomewhere else,I’d be here.) No escape, then! .

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LEARNING

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

Learning out and learning inboth from now and here begin. Going back to change the clockyesterday’s secrets will not unlock. Writing plans on your diary’s pagemakes nothing happen (except old age). Singing old songs,reciting old parts,rights no wrongs,breeds more false … Continue reading →

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