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Spring Garden Shots
First item is the main collection. We interspersed tomatoes with peppers, and each one is different. You may be able to see some early fruit on the purple tomato vine. In the background against the fence are peas, beans, another … Continue reading
Adults in the Room?
The last thing I want is more dependents. You’ll hear the joke a good psychiatrist wants you to be responsible and independent, and paying his fees is proof you are getting better. The truth is, almost no psychiatrist works to … Continue reading
Childhood Robbery
One of the most pernicious cultural lies is modern silliness about “robbing children of their childhood.” First off, let’s make it clear: If anyone is destroying childhood, it’s people who use that sort of phrase. These are not good moral … Continue reading
Bringing Love Home
Over the past few days I’ve been exploring the art of love, but it has a point. The character I’ve described is the same for mysticism, pacifism, agape, and a lot of other fancy terms. I don’t distinguish between them … Continue reading
Loving Cynicism
There is a holiness in cynicism. The art of love expects trouble. It’s not enough a genuine loving disposition makes you seem crazy to the world, but the whole world makes it a strong habit to forget love even when … Continue reading
Agape Banking
So we have been discussing the art of love/agape, and I wanted to introduce a critical principle. Agape banking is preparing yourself to love, in the sense of making ready to exert yourself on behalf of the welfare of others. … Continue reading
Peace, Love and Madness
Love makes you crazy. Regular readers recall I warned cathexis is not real love. “Don’t fall in love; it sticks to your face.” That is, you’ll always come away embarrassed when you follow the siren song of infatuation. Hormones are … Continue reading
Dark Days, Bright Soul — 4
Just once, we touched, but not with our hands. We breached the human frame with grace and hope. While the world still stands, bright souls the dark days tame. He was almost tempted to stay when the job ended. But … Continue reading
Agape Art
In the minds of many, great art comes from deep passions. What if love itself is the art? There is no pretense here of moral superiority, only an unquenchable desire to seek the moral fabric of the universe. I write … Continue reading
Dark Days, Bright Soul — 3
When hatred sleeps and brighter passions awake and human differences fade to shadows, then sanity surfs the winds to take bright souls to worlds no one knows. It was not exactly a routine, but predictable enough he could save up … Continue reading