Dispatch № 97: So Much Shouting
Meanwhile, in the library on the eighth floor of the mall, a place that is usually a quiet and happy refuge, I could still hear him bellowing down below.
READ MOREMeanwhile, in the library on the eighth floor of the mall, a place that is usually a quiet and happy refuge, I could still hear him bellowing down below.
READ MOREIt wasn’t about the cat vomiting behind the couch or the flat tire on the way to work, either. It wasn’t about the spilled water, the broken flowerpot, or the burned toast.
READ MOREWhen you realize that a dream, one that once compelled you into focused action, has all but totally withered away over many years of difficulty, you have a decision to make.
READ MOREYou can’t control nature any more than you can teach a cat to tap dance.
READ MORETo simply exist and observe, to notice the small things happening around you, to be aware of your body as an element of the landscape.
READ MOREWe’ve been looking up with interest since long before we were human, and when we look up at the night sky now, it may stir within us something ancient and deep…
READ MOREAttention to detail counts for a lot, as does consistency, and both become supercharged by regular and deliberate practice.
READ MOREIf it weren’t for the fact that I like the people I work with and I like the kids I teach, I’d have run for the hills a while ago.
READ MOREI had no fear during that earthquake, and frankly never have in any that I’ve experienced. Which some people have told me is strange.
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