Ramblin' 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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A Room With A…
/…excuses we sow mature into good reasons to extend our stay. We do not realize how we have outgrown our new environment until moving on becomes expensive. It is then we realize…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreMagic May Be...
/The physics of quantum…
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…beyond explanation are often thought to be magic, or miracle, or some other force outside normality. Scientists with knowledge of quantum physics aren’t inclined to think magic, miracles…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreDo You Believe In Magic
/Magic is the word of choice...
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... title of song by the Lovin’ Spoonful in 1965. The magic they were singing about was less of the occult and more of the festival. It was about good-time-groovy-freeing-you...
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreKing Of The Hill
/Focus on individual...
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...a rough game for rough boys. It reduces the historic struggle for wealth and power to simple clarity: Climb to the top of the hill: Knock down the reigning...
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreSail On Time
/...the constant move. It never stops because your heart is broken. A heart and a clock may be ticking together. But the clock never stops to turn back and see why the heart stopped ...
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreWhere's The Outrage?
/Thoughtful design could easily...
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... most everyone who has ever used a computer will remember the awkwardness of first contact. It’s not so much the complexity as it is the obscurity. The words on the ribbon display appear to be in English, but their ...
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreAfternoons At The Parma
/Inside it was a magic...
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...Saturday afternoon no matter what was showing. I didn’t have to walk any further than the end of my street. Saturday matinees included cartoon, newsreel, and two full-length feature films ...
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreBetween The Lines
/Separation by time...
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...often discovers in another’s writings other perfections
than those which the author has consciously imparted to them,
and lends to them a richer meaning...
By K. L. Shipley
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