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Zen is for Zebra
It’s easy for me to feel superior. Equally easy for me to feel inferior. Mostly depends upon who I’m talking to. That’s why I often talk...
cdavid508
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Verse 2 redux
I know I bring you both happiness and worry. Trust me. I’ m in no hurry to go. Or sometimes, to remain. I love to walk up behind you,...
cdavid508
Jun 17, 20201 min read
My Life Matters
I keep breathing trying to believe that. For my cells this a simple epistemological "Yes" My mind though, sometimes so unconnected to my...
cdavid508
Jun 15, 20201 min read
请 & 谢谢
The MIT Spoken Languages Systems Group and the MIT Epidemiology Lab have been investigating the possibility that ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’...
cdavid508
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Matter of Fact
Black lives matter. I agree. Blue lives matter. Sure. All lives matter. Seems right. Lives matter. It's axiomatic. But you are not...
cdavid508
Jun 15, 20201 min read
If you can't say something good don't say anything
About the President: { }, About the congress: { } About you { } About me {}
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Jun 15, 20201 min read


The golden years
My 74th birthday: Present to myself: Hike up Palisades creek: I’m on the road at 7 am, drive 50 miles to the trail head, arrive at 8. Hit...
cdavid508
Jun 15, 20202 min read
There’s that
Attending a protest parade doesn’t appeal to me. I’ve been socially distancing since I was three. I’m flesh and blood and something...
cdavid508
Jun 14, 20201 min read
Invitation for a ride on the Hindenburg
It makes me so sad to think about sadness. (And writing that didn’t help.) Why didn’t you deliver something instead of sadness? Love,...
cdavid508
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Kaleidoscope
Just look. It’s a colorful, ever changing image. Don’t judge. Just observe. And feel. Look closely. You’ll see yourself in what you’re...
cdavid508
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Am I dreaming?
Had a dream - I was enjoying my first kiss with you. I really haven’t advanced beyond that. Quite amazing how one kiss can solidify a...
cdavid508
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Where’d you go?
I’m alone with my thoughts. Empty they are, as Yoda would say. They’re about you. But you’re a ghost. Maybe I am too. You looked right...
cdavid508
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Tilt
Without fail, kids are excited at the beginning of any new adventure. That's youth, after all: when the spring at your back launching you...

adc
May 31, 20202 min read
Thinking while drinking
Dunno how you feel, but I mostly like to think and write about the people I love-a dwindling group. But that’s just me. There’s no I in...
cdavid508
May 30, 20201 min read
Ms understandings
I’m penning this missive from my prison cell-misunderstandings have consequences. My zen master said the way to Nirvana is to kill...
cdavid508
May 26, 20201 min read
*excessive booing*
What's really odd is that I don't miss sports very much, given how much time I spent watching them in the Before Times. I should be...

adc
May 24, 20202 min read


After midnight
A parade of stuffed animals assembled for the pleasure of my 4 year old grandson to find in the morning. It’s 3AM and I need to go to...
cdavid508
May 22, 20201 min read
Spaced out
Go away. Go a way. If you think little things don’t matter Look at the difference a space just made. A well placed empty space can change...
cdavid508
May 22, 20201 min read


‘Nuf said
Fuck Forest, Forest Gump and his box of chocolates. Well, I just couldn’t let it go at ’nuf said, could I? I’m downright loquacious...
cdavid508
May 21, 20201 min read
Pass the Doobie
Just saw that Keith Knudsed passed away on 2/7/05 at age 57. I'm now watching 70's music on the Music Choice channel. It's become my new...
cdavid508
May 20, 20201 min read
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