Diversity Of What
/Groups selected by…
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There seems to be confusion about the meaning of the…
By K. L. Shipley
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Game Of Mind
/Your move next. What‘ll it be?
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…squares of black, white and gray. Black squares lead to failure. White squares lead to success. Gray squares lead to indecision. None of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreGordan's Knot
/The mind works best…
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… fiddled with his tie until he’d managed a hopelessly entangled knot. Gordan’s mom sighed! With a single snip of her scissors she freed the tie from Gordan’s…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreAn Excess Of Zeal
/If Utopia requires…
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…are two inscriptions on the walls of the Temple at Delphi: Know Thyself; and Nothing in Excess. They were inscribed there some twenty-five hundred years ago. These two aphorisms were wise…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Burning
/I’ve loyally kept my …
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… remembering seems as much dream as memory. I was four years old. That probably accounts for the haze. We were on a picnic; Dad, Mom, me, and Uncle Gordan. I remember the spindly grill being taken from the trunk …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreLoyal 'Til The End
/Loyalty is as loyalty does.
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…like Love, BFF, and other declarations of commitment have a season. Nothing on this earth is forever, no matter how much we wish it were otherwise. Passions flair, passions fade. The Sun rises, the Sun sets. Change is the only…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreWho Knows Where…
/Dark unknowing that happens…
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…if he could, he wouldn't. Wild things don't discuss what they do in the wild. He returns by morning light. Matted fur, fatigue, and traces of blood, betray shadowy adventures known only to himself. Better not to…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Invisible Battle
/Supernatural is not the…
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…,why does He allow the meanness and horrors of this world to exist? It's an old question. Satan knows the answer. He prefers humans remain in the dark. Satan's preference is made easier when humans think of him as mythical. All predators manage better when the prey doesn't know…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreRamblin' Round
/Nobody knows what’s…
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…went over the mountain to see what he could see. The groundhog surveys my backyard for exactly the same reason. The birds on the deck are glad to have discovered the…
By K. L. Shipley
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