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The Two White Bull-Calves and the Dragon
Tue May 20, 2008 4:02 PM EDT
"Old Man Oscarsson lived here 170 years ago. Very close to here where we sit. He lived in a great stone house which has since been torn down and used for its stone. He was as rich as Croesus, as rich as the very troll.
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Two Visitors in the Garden: Part Two
Thu May 8, 2008 2:40 PM EDT
No, they are not mating. But they are thinking about it. At least he is.
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A Visitor in the Garden: Part One
Tue May 6, 2008 2:36 PM EDT
The creatures parade through the garden in the beginning of May every year. Late yesterday evening it was the turn of Kotte the Hedgehog. He accepted a bit of pizza crust which he carefully ate in the fern garden.
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What is Stress?
Fri May 2, 2008 12:01 PM EDT
Almost anyone reading this article, on this site, is themselves responsible for about 90% of the destructive stress that they experience on a day to day basis. We have unprecedented control over our lives and our environments.
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Take the Pledge Here: "I Refuse to Watch the Olympics!"
Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:54 AM EDT
The government of the People's Republic of China is a disgrace and it's a disgrace that the 2008 Olympic Games are being held in the People's Republic.
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A Chat in the Mortuary
Sun Apr 6, 2008 3:54 PM EDT
one night when i was working at the Mortuary a reporter from the Arizona Daily Star called. he was a real winner. he said: "I see you have a 17 year old girl getting ready for burial. That's unusual. There may be a story there.
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Old Spain Meets New Spain. Understanding = Nada
Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:17 PM EDT
Who can be held responsible when nothing is being sold? What happens when the language of civil authority and power becomes incomprehensible, or just a joke?
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The Catalan are Still at It
Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:25 PM EDT
Turn-out was pretty miserable . . .
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Is This What "Catholic" Actually Means?
Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:57 AM EDT
The Church has, to put it very diplomatically, lost a lot of support around here.
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London: A Chat with a Genuine Bigot
Thu Mar 6, 2008 2:10 PM EST
I've always admired the English for their willingness to speak their minds, even to complete strangers. As an old-timey native New Yorker I sympathize with that urge, the urge to get the message out at any cost. Still, Londoners are far more ideological than New Yorkers.
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The Wolf Bite
Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:21 PM EST
How many people do you know who have been bitten by a wolf? I know only one and I've become convinced that there can't be tremendous numbers of such people.
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Socialized Medicine in Action
Mon Feb 4, 2008 3:55 PM EST
I recently had a run in with our 100% publicly financed health care system. Our household owns no private health insurance and never has, so I felt it might be interesting for Newsvine readers to follow me through a contact with The System.
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NYC Moments 4: En la botanica
Sat Feb 2, 2008 12:29 PM EST
Belief is always with us, like the shadow that you always cast if you look closely enough, even in the dark. We believe because we seek comfort. When we believe we remember moments of comfort and security, real or imagined, and we latch on to that emotion with great force.
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NYC Moments 3: "Show Some Love"
Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:55 PM EST
The New York City subway system is an inexhaustible source of knowledge and inspiration. The great universities of the City should hold classes down there. Maybe they do.
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NYC Moments 2: "I am Bill Gates"
Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:22 AM EST
Celebrity is a heavy burden. Being instantly recognizable and recognized by millions of people, any number of whom are outright lunatics, is no easy proposition.
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Influenza in September 1918: An Incident in Rödesund
Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:20 PM EST
The deadliest event in human history was not the Second World War or the great European plagues of the 1300's. The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed between 50 and 100 million people in a space of less than 2 years.
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NYC Moments 1: Loisaidas
Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:29 PM EST
Nearly all New Yorkers share in a precious gift that I call "the New York moment". This occurs when complete strangers, often from widely different backgrounds and with very divergent paths forward, bump into each other and talk.
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A True Prophecy: Bella Abzug, 1972
Sat Dec 8, 2007 8:05 AM EST
"Just imagine for a moment what life in this country might have been if women had been properly represented in Congress.
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A Sonoran Episode: The Teachings of Don Diamondback
Tue Dec 4, 2007 2:31 PM EST
When I was about 19 or 20 everybody I knew was reading Carlos Castaneda. His books were an important part of the spirit of the times, and I'd say we took him pretty seriously.
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Finding A Past Life
Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:32 PM EST
I believe in reincarnation, and in past lives. I do not believe in them in the same way in which I believe that the Earth is a near-sphere or in natural selection, however.
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Meeting Death: The Tree
Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:32 AM EST
A word of advice, if I may: Be kind to people in your surroundings. Any leave we take can be permanent. You never know when you've said your last goodbye to anyone.
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Misunderstanding: An Incident at Deir el-Bahri
Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:43 PM EST
People misunderstand, continuously. Sometimes it's deliberate, sometimes language gets in the way, sometimes the expectations we have of each other are so wrong that the only hope, for the moment, is to keep people apart.
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Franz's Story
Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:20 PM EST
Memory can come out like a change in the weather. All it takes sometimes is a Spring day, two people sitting on a porch and some sunshine breaking through.
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Why I Don't Argue With People
Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:24 PM EST
When I was a young man I learned a very valuable lesson. I haven't been able to apply this lesson in the intervening years nearly as often as I should. This is not the fault of the lesson, it's my fault. I learned that you shouldn't argue with people. Ever. About anything.
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A Conversation with Garcia
Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:05 PM EST
I met Jerry Garcia in San Francisco in June of 1972 and had the great good fortune to have a relaxed one-on-one conversation with him.
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