Tag Archives: philosophy

Immortality

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Linda

I started reading Adam Leith Gollner’s The Book of Immortality: The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever on April 17th and I finished it on about the 10th of May. This was also a very good book, full of … Continue reading →

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Zen Notes…

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Linda

I finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig, on April 15th. And this was an amazing book.  I clipped pages all through the book and then compiled my notes.  I thought about writing an … Continue reading →

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and now for something completely different…

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Linda

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig Here is a book that is, of course, a Classic; one that just about everyone has heard of – but one that I realized I had never read.  I … Continue reading →

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‘MasterMind’ Meetup Group

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Linda

As I have mentioned here and there, I am a member of several Meetup groups and I get emails from time to time about new groups that might meet my interests.  The other day, I received one that roused my … Continue reading →

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A New Game (it’s about time…)

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Linda

This is good!

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July

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Linda

The month of July, it seems, got its name from Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. And this same Julius Caesar also created the Julian Calendar back in 46 BC. Most of us here in the USA, … Continue reading →

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Musings About Joseph Campbell

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Linda

So I’ve decided that I do want to write about Hero with a Thousand Faces that I recently read. Joseph Campbell wrote this book back in 1949 – right smack in the middle of the twentieth century. I found myself … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 16, 2014 by Linda

I woke up this morning thinking about God – or, rather, the concept of God. When we got smart and quit believing in an actual, living God, we sort of “threw the baby out with the bathwater.” Because, while I … Continue reading →

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December update

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Linda

To follow up on my post regarding “School,” shortly before Thanksgiving, my sister and I visited Molly, the therapist I chose to see regarding getting help for Dalton where school is concerned.  My sister holds the view that it is … Continue reading →

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School

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Linda

11/25/13 Dalton has started refusing to go to school.  My sister thinks that all of his problems are caused by my failure to teach him to properly manage his time.  She has arranged to take us both to see a … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 15, 2013 by Linda

School has become a large concern in recent weeks.  Dalton has been sick a lot and has missed a lot of school.  His unhappiness has me thinking a lot about my own experience with school when I was a kid … Continue reading →

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cracking eggs…

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Linda

The other day, I started thinking about a book that I read a few years ago, “Crack in the Cosmic Egg,” by Joseph Chilton Pearce.  I couldn’t really recall what it was about, but it seemed to be related to … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 25, 2013 by Linda

There was a segment on the Today Show this morning about dads, raising the question of whether dads seem to be taking more of a hands-on role these days.  It does seem that some at least are; I got a … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 21, 2013 by Linda

It’s Saturday.  I seem to be depressed.  I did not want to get out of bed this morning.  I didn’t even hear when Dalton got up.  And I’m in that kind of foggy-headed funk that happens sometimes – when I … Continue reading →

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Writing and Time

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Linda

I have really been enjoying writing these days.  Especially after reading this book – I decided to change my perception about my journaling and basically just let myself really write.  I think I really needed that book.  And if nothing … Continue reading →

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nine-eleven

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Linda

9/11/13 – thinking about where I was on 9/11/01.  Sitting on my sofa nursing my child.  I will never forget it.  I think about other shocking events I have experienced:  The 1989 earthquake in San Francisco, the floods in 1982 … Continue reading →

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Life of Pi

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Linda

And I started this book last night, 7/6/13:  (and finished it 7/10/13 – and soon thereafter I got the movie.) Life of Pi by Yann Martel Book Description Release date: October 2, 2012 MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION COPIES SOLD New … Continue reading →

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Oprah’s Harvard Speech

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Linda

Today my son finishes the 7th grade, and how strange it is to me to see my not-so-long-ago little bundle of joy becoming a young man, soon to be out there facing the world. And this morning on the news … Continue reading →

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Darkness at Noon

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Linda

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler I started reading this book on May 15th.  The funny thing about this book is that I once owned a copy (with the cover pictured at left, which is different from the library copy … Continue reading →

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INSANITY?

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Linda

CONNECTIONS… I often tend to see the “connectedness” between seemingly disparate things; I constantly see examples of the ways things are connected.  But sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint just how a thing might relate to another thing, even … Continue reading →

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Thought Experiment #20130514-1

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Linda

I am thinking about the concept of “MOTHER” today.  And I believe we would all agree that, on this planet at least, the concept of “mother” is a Universal one.  This is, of course, due to the fact that our … Continue reading →

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Life is Good

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Linda

The Holstee Manifesto.  And as I read this through once again, a song comes to mind (I love this song, although this video is a bit strange): Hope you have a great day.

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How to Do What You Love

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Linda

How to Do What You Love By PAUL GRAHAM (Reprinted from www.paulgraham.com/love.html) January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We’ve got it down to four words: “Do what you love.” … Continue reading →

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How to Find Your Purpose

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Linda

I recently came across this article on Facebook, and like many things on this BrainPickings site, I found it very relevant to my personal philosophy about Life (from www.brainpickings.org): The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work By Alain de Botton   … Continue reading →

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“A Guide for the Perplexed”

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Linda

          I tend to avoid subscribing to email lists and magazines, etc., because I rarely have the time to read all of the emails I get as it is.  But one thing that I do subscribe to is “Dr. Mardy’s … Continue reading →

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