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Archive for May 9th, 2008

Our Chaotic World and Notion of Self

Somehow, our notion of “self” has become a notion of individuality.  There was a time when human beings identified themselves as members of groups, rather than as individuals.  We organized as families, tribes, neighborhoods, towns, and other forms of communities.  Community was part of our understanding of “self.”  We’ve lost that and our world has [...]

Rain

As Julianna Hatfield sang when she was in the Blake Babies, “at least I know to come in from the rain.” It’s been raining since last night. Big Rain. We got like 3 inches last night. Coming down buckets. I’d planned to go for a ride this morning, but it was pouring. So I took [...]