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Philosophy

Scuba, Nature and God …. Just Breathe!!!

There have been a few times in my life when the circumstance I found myself in could only be described as magical …… magical to the point that you might think that this old atheist had changed his stripes and believed that he had seen God …… one of those times happened in Cozumel …… […]

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Poetry

The Dance of Living

When you come to me Come to me to dance When you know me You know my dance To dance in thought To dance in body To dance in living Lets dance

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Poetry

Being a Stupid Man

I was your friend yesterday What happened? I forgot to put out the trash And I didn’t bring you flowers I thought about doing that but something got in the way Yes I know I was late for dinner But I wanted to squeeze in that last paragraph in my report Oh yes! and you […]

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Poetry

Come closer

To be close to you When the sounds Of your voice Sooth my worries I come closer When the words That you use Ring sweet I come closer When our thoughts Making love Beyond time I come closer Just hold me Come closer

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Stories

Winter motorcycle ride …. the things we do!!

Rogers Pass – one of the snowiest places on earth!!!! Just east of Revelstoke, BC Canada. Close to the peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Upon my return to Canada from California in 2007, I was offered a job driving snowplow trucks for Parks Canada at Rogers Pass. I had not driven large vehicles since 1978 […]

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Poetry

Loving a woman!

heart on fire his life he swims in unmuted uncertainty passion exudes life explodes mystery abounds he swims unknowing choices made others unmade left or right shadow or shade her light shimmers a light unseen like a fire it lights his being

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Stories

A gift of Time

Some say that the most precious commodity of all is time ….. However long we have on this planet, we know that the time is finite ……. we are all going to die at some point but we just don’t know when …… so to view the TIME we have in each of our lives […]

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Stories

Swatiskas, Bombs, Love, Marriage and/or …… what the heck have I done?

The Swastika was the emblem or logo of the German army or the Nazis ….. as their enemies preferred to call them. My Mom, Margaret (maiden name Tickner) grew up in south London, England during the German bombings of London. She emigrated from England in the final months of the war after meeting my Dad, […]

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Stories

Misunderstandings in language happen

So it goes something like this …… there was a huge snowstorm a-brewin and a snowplow was working clearing a runway in preparation for an incoming flight at the Cranboork BC International Airport. ….. a link follows from Wikipedia that tells the facts as we know them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Western_Airlines_Flight_314 …… but there are other versions of […]

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Poetry

Freedom

What is this thingHow many people know itFrom where does it springTo where will it go To many, an abstractionTo others, a breath of airTo some, essence of evilWhatever your care To stand up and feel,To breath in your blessingsTo be who you areTo love all around you Your journey thereOnly you have been,To laugh […]