Category Archives: thinking in words

A Little Distance and a Lot of Focus = A Bit of Light and Hope

Posted on September 15, 2012 by randomyriad

It’s easy to talk about bad years if they are past.  But when you have to say who you are right at this very moment, it’s hard to get more out than an uneasy silence.    Herta Muller from the … Continue reading →

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Thinking Through the Noise

Posted on June 17, 2012 by randomyriad

I was just thinking, that life gives us opportunities to respond to it. Technology can help us, but it cannot provide the inspiration for our moment to moment existence. We must each as individuals find ways to respond to each … Continue reading →

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Saying Yes to a Little Risk

Posted on May 23, 2012 by randomyriad

Every Sunday afternoon I drive to laundromat to do my families weekly clothes washing and most Sunday’s as I drive there I listen to middle of a podcast called the Tobolowsky files which are stories that character actor Stephen Tobolowsky … Continue reading →

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Five Days In January

Posted on May 12, 2012 by randomyriad

January 7, 2012 I sit at my desk and read “The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster” by Richard Brautigan, all at  once without a break, 102 poems, short easy to engage with like comfort food. I have read these … Continue reading →

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Commentary On the Unsettled Skies of March and Other Random Thoughts

Posted on March 31, 2012 by randomyriad

“People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson As I write or avoid writing, I look out the window and see the parade of storms and … Continue reading →

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