Monthly Archives: July 2025

Backpacking

A long-time friend wrote a few pages about his years in the High Sierra. The following is a summary of his late evening thoughts before the next day of hiking. Fears Beyond the edge of wonderment there’s always a wisp … Continue reading

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Forgiveness

You move it with your spiritual hands to the ground beside you. Though it stays heavy, you are free to walk away. Forgiveness isn’t magic. It doesn’t erase what happened. It doesn’t wave a wand and make the weight disappear. … Continue reading

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I Heard

A snippet on the radio, out of context, where someone declared an object completely useless. It caused me to ponder. Things that are made, are generally made for a purpose, thereby the objects are given the label “useful”. Often, the … Continue reading

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The Edge Theory of Learning

Preface We speak of learning as a path, as if it were a road that leads to a finished place. Edge Theory of Learning refuses that map. It says: the center is where things go to sleep. Stay at the … Continue reading

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Time Spent

I was pondering time spent since I was 16. 60 years is a reasonably large chunk of time and activity. Naturally this is not linear, but overlapping, most times twice, sometimes three or four. I quickly came up with an … Continue reading

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