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Transmissions (Bluemont, VA., U.S.A.)
Let me say this right now for the record, when you’re in a tent, alone in the woods, in the rain, in the middle of the night and you hear cold, mechanized reading of numbers in your ear, you are creeped out. Continue reading
Categories: United States, Virginia
Tags: Appalachian trail, ronald reagan, shortwave radio, spies, virginia
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The Forest for the Trees (New York City, NY., U.S.A.)
Staring across the Hudson I felt the slight wind on my face and I smelled the salt air. I heard my friend Maren’s voice ticking off the names from the polished 9/11 memorial. There were people she knew. Her steady delivery cracks occasionally with emotion and you realize that this is what post traumatic stress disorder is all about. The real deal. It leaves permanent holes that you can’t fill again: not with money, drugs, religion or attempts at understanding why 19 men anointed their religious fanaticism with jet fuel and fire. Continue reading
Get the F*#@ Out!
The F word is a word that manages to function in so MANY different capacities. It can be an interjection, a noun, a pronoun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb and a conjunction. Continue reading
Echoing in the Hills (Breaks, VA., U.S.A.)
While I often reinvent myself by slight degrees to people I meet, deep inside I know that this will always be where I came from. The hills will always be home and I’ll never escape that. Continue reading
Kindness All Around (Berea, KY., U.S.A.)
Berea College was founded in 1855 by John Fee. It’s constitution made it Christian, non sectarian and anti-slavery. The idea was to give education to all, white and black. Pro slavery factions managed to close it down from 1859 to 1865 when it roared back to life anchoring what is now the arts and crafts … Continue reading
The God Light (Trappist, KY. , U.S.A.)
He smiled and said “I was able to forgive. God helps us to cope with our human weakness. Giving forgiveness is most important when it’s the hardest to do it”. Continue reading
Categories: Kentucky, United States
Tags: Brother Rafael, forgiveness, Gethsemani, Kentucky, monks, Trappist
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