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Alan Watts discussing why poets are so often at their best when speaking of change.
January 18, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Alan Watts discussing why poets are so often at their best when speaking of change.
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Dusting the words of this old sonnet by Elinor Wylie, that proves to be untimely
Unfinished Portrait
I am content
To leave you an uncaptured element;
Water, or light, or air that's stained by both.
Unfinished Portrait
I am content
To leave you an uncaptured element;
Water, or light, or air that's stained by both.
January 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Dusting the words of this old sonnet by Elinor Wylie, that proves to be untimely
Unfinished Portrait
I am content
To leave you an uncaptured element;
Water, or light, or air that's stained by both.
Unfinished Portrait
I am content
To leave you an uncaptured element;
Water, or light, or air that's stained by both.
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I like to joke about Arnold, but this stanza slaps
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I like to joke about Arnold, but this stanza slaps
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I am tired of tears and laughter,
And men that laugh and weep;
Of what may come Hereafter
For men that sow to reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep.
And men that laugh and weep;
Of what may come Hereafter
For men that sow to reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep.
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 AM
I am tired of tears and laughter,
And men that laugh and weep;
Of what may come Hereafter
For men that sow to reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep.
And men that laugh and weep;
Of what may come Hereafter
For men that sow to reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep.
Well Chrissie Hynde is a prickly person I guess but these Dylan covers rock...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqx...
Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight
YouTube video by Chrissie Hynde - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Well Chrissie Hynde is a prickly person I guess but these Dylan covers rock...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqx...
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Gemini music box by Karlheinz Stockhausen. One of twelve Zodiac melodies originally composed for music boxes and manufactured by Reuge in Switzerland firstly in 1975 with two subsequent editions.
January 16, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Gemini music box by Karlheinz Stockhausen. One of twelve Zodiac melodies originally composed for music boxes and manufactured by Reuge in Switzerland firstly in 1975 with two subsequent editions.
Ain't Nothin' Like Whisky
YouTube video by Lightnin' Hopkins - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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The world's a crazy mess right now. Overwhelming. Music gets me through all of it. If I share something that one other person enjoys, I'm happy. Little Walter has the right message
youtu.be/cY7hnRaPJxM?...
youtu.be/cY7hnRaPJxM?...
Little Walter - Everything's Gonna Be Alright [1959]
YouTube video by Classic Mood Experience
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January 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The world's a crazy mess right now. Overwhelming. Music gets me through all of it. If I share something that one other person enjoys, I'm happy. Little Walter has the right message
youtu.be/cY7hnRaPJxM?...
youtu.be/cY7hnRaPJxM?...
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Poem by Kathleen Jamie.
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Poem by Kathleen Jamie.
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#impostersyndrome #freeverse #poem
Having a bit of a time. Tried to explain this is how I feel to a few folk. So a poem about imposter syndrome
Having a bit of a time. Tried to explain this is how I feel to a few folk. So a poem about imposter syndrome
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
#impostersyndrome #freeverse #poem
Having a bit of a time. Tried to explain this is how I feel to a few folk. So a poem about imposter syndrome
Having a bit of a time. Tried to explain this is how I feel to a few folk. So a poem about imposter syndrome
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Tonight's whisky pairing...
Naming my all time favourite albums is a tough choice, but if I could only rescue one album from a fire, this would be the most likely choice.
🖤⚡️x
#NowPlaying #BowieForever
Naming my all time favourite albums is a tough choice, but if I could only rescue one album from a fire, this would be the most likely choice.
🖤⚡️x
#NowPlaying #BowieForever
January 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Tonight's whisky pairing...
Naming my all time favourite albums is a tough choice, but if I could only rescue one album from a fire, this would be the most likely choice.
🖤⚡️x
#NowPlaying #BowieForever
Naming my all time favourite albums is a tough choice, but if I could only rescue one album from a fire, this would be the most likely choice.
🖤⚡️x
#NowPlaying #BowieForever
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Don't argue with Trump supporters on social media. Many of these accounts are fake. You don't want to give them any interaction because that increases the social media post's interaction and the algorithm is more likely to boost the post and show it to more people.
Don't waste time with them!
Don't waste time with them!
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Don't argue with Trump supporters on social media. Many of these accounts are fake. You don't want to give them any interaction because that increases the social media post's interaction and the algorithm is more likely to boost the post and show it to more people.
Don't waste time with them!
Don't waste time with them!
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Don’t forget about Mother Ann Lee. My review of a new edition of a classic biography, here. www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews...
Mother Ann Lee by Nardi Reeder Campion | Review | Spirituality & Practice
The life of an extraordinary, largely forgotten, religious woman.
www.spiritualityandpractice.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Don’t forget about Mother Ann Lee. My review of a new edition of a classic biography, here. www.spiritualityandpractice.com/book-reviews...
Well as a person with a doctorate in Religious Studies I am constantly hectored by people WITHOUT degrees who insist I am an ignoramus who does not know the simple meaning of the word 'religion'. Of course, there is no such meaning:
willsbernard435.blogspot.com/2021/08/is-r...
willsbernard435.blogspot.com/2021/08/is-r...
Is Religion Growing or Shrinking?
This is another question there is no point trying to answer. [1] One thing that DOES seem to be shrinking in North America is c...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Well as a person with a doctorate in Religious Studies I am constantly hectored by people WITHOUT degrees who insist I am an ignoramus who does not know the simple meaning of the word 'religion'. Of course, there is no such meaning:
willsbernard435.blogspot.com/2021/08/is-r...
willsbernard435.blogspot.com/2021/08/is-r...
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in honor of david bowie’s birthday let’s listen to the best david bowie jam
Station to Station (2016 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
in honor of david bowie’s birthday let’s listen to the best david bowie jam
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she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
she was a poet
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
among other things
where do the poems
go when the poet
has been killed?
I picture the snow
in Minnesota
falling on a lake
and want to write
her name—
Renee—
on its cold
white page
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Can someone identify this murderer? Please.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Can someone identify this murderer? Please.
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The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
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In 2020, Renee Nicole Good won the Academy of American Poets Prize for that year. I have linked the #poem below.
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
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January 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
In 2020, Renee Nicole Good won the Academy of American Poets Prize for that year. I have linked the #poem below.
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
Today, ICE murdered her in cold blood in front of her wife.
We will honor you, Renee, and we will not be silent.
#ReneeNicoleGood
I have a doctorate in Religious Studies and what sucks about that is that everybody knows everything already from you Tube videos and is DYING to lecture you on the subject.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I have a doctorate in Religious Studies and what sucks about that is that everybody knows everything already from you Tube videos and is DYING to lecture you on the subject.
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Parallel to the American Sacred Harp tradition are the West Gallery songs of England which are also wonderful if not as dark and intense...Here is one with the redoubtable Maddy Prior
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC1r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC1r...
Rejoice This Glorious Day Is Come
YouTube video by The Mellstock Band - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Parallel to the American Sacred Harp tradition are the West Gallery songs of England which are also wonderful if not as dark and intense...Here is one with the redoubtable Maddy Prior
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC1r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC1r...
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That Siegfried Sassoon sure could write 'em (when he wanted to).
January 3, 2026 at 8:12 AM
That Siegfried Sassoon sure could write 'em (when he wanted to).