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July 13, 2021
I’ve been trying to come to grips with what to do about the conflict with my sister. There are two sides warring: 1) confront her
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Weekend Update
July 12, 2021
What a weekend. Saturday started off light. Ran over to visit with Mom, and while there my youngest sister and her husband came over. We
Superficial Expectations
July 10, 2021
Again listening to a few different podcasts on the drive home with discussions between men and women about relationships. A common sentiment underlies all of
Negative Inspiration
July 9, 2021
Having had to work on patent drawings for the last week, which is kind of a boring, donkey job, I usually put on podcasts and
What Makes Poems Good?
July 8, 2021
A video caught my attention today: What makes poems good? Reading through the first of three volumes of English poetry, I thought I’d get the
Cruel Love
July 7, 2021
A theme that pops up fairly regularly in reading poetry is ‘cruel love’. Come away, come away, deathAnd in sad cypres let me be laidFly
Diction Poetic Hate I Do
July 6, 2021
The current volume I’m reading in the Harvard Classics series is English Poetry 1. I believe they’ve tried as much as possible to go in
Personal Experience as the Average
July 5, 2021
I hope I’m a decent person. I try to be. I do my best to treat people with respect and I try…. even if I
My Favorite book of the Hebrew Bible
July 5, 2021
I just finished reading through the book of Daniel and I was reminded that it may be, at least in my opinion, one of the
More Chaucer follow up
July 2, 2021
Reading Chaucer’s Canterbury tales, I realized I could understand quite a bit. It helps that I’ve been in more contact with older forms of English
