Category Archives: Other peoples words

Arrivals

Posted on September 20, 2026 by randomyriad

This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty … Continue reading →

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We Will BE Alone and Alone Together and Together Apart and Alone With Each Other Waiting For the Lightening To Wake Us

Posted on April 30, 2026 by randomyriad

“On the Beach at Night Alone” by Walt Whitman On the beach at night alone,As the old mother sways her to and fro singing her husky song,As I watch the bright stars shining, I think a thought of the clefof … Continue reading →

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Time Moves What Seems Still

Posted on December 29, 2025 by randomyriad

“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.” — Dylan, Things Have Changed

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Our Culture of Sociopathy: History Will Not Be Kind to Us

Posted on May 27, 2025 by randomyriad
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2025 Guide To Intelligent Interraction in a Morally and Intellectually Challenged Society: Lessons #1 and 2

Posted on April 8, 2025 by randomyriad

Reading is a means of listening. Reading is not as passive as hearing or viewing. It’s an act: you do it. You read at your pace, your own speed, not the ceaseless, incoherent, gabbling, shouting rush of the media. You … Continue reading →

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