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Archives for December 2019

You say you want to see the sights and you want to learn about the culture.

You must be traveling, you must be crazy.

Not that travel is bad, it should be good.

But you have to make it so. It needs crafting whether by plan or spontaneity, like a work of art.

It is a work of art and the best one is a good, inspiring, emboldening blaze of delight.

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Hardly a day goes by without a day passing the windows and unclosed doors of my mind.

Timely reminders pop up from the powder-dry pavements of the world.

Once-forgotten flashes of memory rise steamily from the rain-sodden roads of my travels.

The closer words are to my breath and the fibers of life, the more they mean and the more they nourish.

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When a petal falls in Glasgow, is a bottle of beer opened in Houston, and what significance might this have?

We started the lesson in Relative Philosophy and The Lack of Constant Measurable Social Behaviour believing it would improve our prospects of getting served faster in restaurants.

Promises and results are not always the same thing. But in this case we never had to wait for anything again.

Will you sign up for the course at a special rate of two ounces of gold, one of platinum and a final balloon payment of an unstated amount?

Last chance!

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We celebrated on the way to the festival.

Under the tree leaves the shade was awe-inspiring and better than a cool stream.

Tea and smiles were being sipped gently, with considered contemplative concentration.

Where are we now?

We wondered.

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A glowing report on the sunsets will be followed by one on sunrises.

The air was hot but convincingly friendly.

The sky begged us to begin writing.

Breakfast and coffee accompanied each other just as we met.

A bond of benevolence.

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