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It was a Date
In the summer of 1992 while attending the University of Arizona in Tucson, this writer was treated to a screening of Rendezvous in a short film class. Our professor showed a variety of short films to inspire and motivate us to be creative in our endeavors, as we were each tasked with making 3 short…
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Hey Pal!…
…You know the rest of that classic David Mamet line reading; and I continue hearing your voice cheerfully chiding me with it. Who else is going to let me have it?! How can it be 1 year already since you ascended to that special place? We LOVE and MISS you, Dad…and we will see you…
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Good Grief
How’s that working out for you? Mourning…grieving. Sadly, in 2022 grief more than ever has become an everyday thing, what with all the goings on in the world from the lingering pandemic hanging on by the fangs, cultural decline, War in Eastern Europe, to the evermore frequent, horrific mass shooting murders in mainstream USA. To…
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The United States of Imbalance
A familiar grocery store checker (members of a dying breed) recently mentioned to me, “What do you think is going on? What’s going to happen?” We’re living through a lot of imbalance. She replied, “We’re all imbalanced inside. Everything is imbalanced.” What has been going on? Let’s go back to April 2020. What happened then?…
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Digital Dadaism (aka Phoneistan or PhoneDrones)
Take a look around you, or look up from your phone…do you see (as the late great Tom Petty proclaimed on his final album release), the “Hypnotic Eye?” Damn near every hominid in the western world has been overtaken by the ubiquitous so-called smart phone. Flat out in this digital dadaist age. It’s so sick.…
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Time Wave Zero
Where did the last 24 months go? Poof. Forever Gone. Time itself has never been more keenly felt than these past two years. Days felt dazed; Time slowing to a crawl, or rapidly dissipating into the ether in a swirling digital mosaic. Very strange times. My mantra for these last two years: “That was a…
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Sideways Sedona
There are times in life when nothing goes right. The universe has its own design and plans. You can do everything right and everything goes wrong. When it happens, you show up and go through it. Are you under the illusion, the path is winding your way? Are you surprised by confusion, when it leads…
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Due to Covid-19…
Due to Covid…No Fun Allowed Due to Covid…To Mask or Not to Mask Due to Covid…The Chinese are making their moves Due to Covid…We gave up more liberty & became more compliant Due to Covid…That’s our excuse for everything Due to Covid…The Media is the Virus Due to Covid…We now have the Bite Me Ha…
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Let’s turn the page, shall we?
A new world has spun all around us…spinning like a spider web. We’re all feeling spun. In less than a year’s time everything has changed. Were we complacent before – how good we had it? Yes. God put us on notice. So many pastimes are bygones. What’s in, What’s out?: In: Masks, Fear, Anxiety, Avoidance,…
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Half The World
Where are we now? Living through a once in a century pandemic. For some, it’s been the best of times, and for many more others… the worst of times. Divides are growing literally ever wider between us as social distancing and shutdowns persist to combat the Novel Coronavirus. Politically our divides have never been wider,…
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Stepping it up…Sucking it up…Sticking it out
2020 continues throwing us lots of shapes. As this most unusual year continues grinding on, more shapes are forthcoming. In light of a once in a century pandemic, most of the USA has absorbed, adapted and adjusted to a new reality. Humans adapt. We’ve all had to step it up in our lives – We…
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