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Sorry For the Interruption
Originally published at The Experimental Fantasist. Please leave any comments there.
Hello, all. Not an auspicious start, I'm afraid.
I fell ill last week, and I haven't gotten a process for queuing posts for automatic publication in place, so I'm afraid I've missed a week. Problems with my hosting service didn't help any.
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The Real World is Bigger Than the World That Merely Exists
Originally published at The Experimental Fantasist. Please leave any comments there.
I now know that the place I sensed just outside of my sight was the imagination. I knew it then, but I didn't have the words for it. Barsoom, the Hyborian Age and Earthsea weren't places I could drive to, I knew. Still, I had the sense that they were real, by some ( Read more... ) -
Slavery in Harry Potter
Over on FaceBook, leswamp posted, "One of the most interesting things about facebook is the posts that garner huge reactions and the ones that don't. IME any post that mentions Harry Potter or religion or the civil war is a sure fire billion comments. I know! What side would Harry Potter take on the civil war and does Wizard count as a religion ( Read more... ) -
On Divine Nature
"The Gods are the manifestations of consciousness, just as stars are the manifestations of space."
--Victor Anderson
(Original here)
Posted for my own consideration. But you're welcome to comment, too. :) -
Rules for Being an Adult
Take care of yourself first. If you don’t, you can’t take care of anyone else ( Read more... ) -
What I Believe
Over the past week, I spent some time discussing matters spiritual with my family of origin. What struck me is that I have become adept at creating complex statements of technical matters and points of fine detail, but I've lost the knack of stating things simply. It's all so interconnected that I can't say just one thing without a list of ( Read more... ) -
Nostalgia Tour: Iowa City
Iowa City is still here, but it's not my Iowa City ( Read more... ) -
Today's Productivity
Cleaned kitchen, made a double batch of chex mix, a double batch of chocolate muffins, a single batch of blueberry muffins, and talked to a friend in crisis. Also, did not fall into gaping pit of despair, sleep the day away, or waste all my time on the internet.
Next up: broil salmon steaks, broccolini, and make rice for dinner, catch ( Read more... ) -
Why I Am a Socialist Progressive Hippie Liberal
It's simple ( Read more... ) -
Including the Middle
That there is no One True Way does not mean that all ways are equally valid, or that there are no false ways. Similarly, there may be no one thing that works for everyone, but it does not follow that therefore, everything works for someone. There are things that don’t work for anyone ( Read more... )