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The Soul Way

February 28, 2023March 1, 2023 Kurt Brindley

the difficult way
is often not the sole way… Continue reading The Soul Way

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Literary Zen XII

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 Kurt Brindley

I don’t know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense. Continue reading Literary Zen XII

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‘Tis

February 24, 2023February 28, 2023 Kurt Brindley

‘tis the every day
‘tis the mundane, the banal… Continue reading ‘Tis

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Filed my taxes yesterday

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Kurt Brindley

And no matter how many times I’ve filed them (I’m old so a lot), and no matter how sophisticated and whizbang the tax software gets, I always get a bad feeling when I’m done, that I haven’t done them correctly. Continue reading Filed my taxes yesterday

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Alright is not…

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Kurt Brindley

All right. #notetoself Continue reading Alright is not…

Technology2 Comments

Rainy Season, AI-Imagined

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Kurt Brindley

I’ve always wanted to write and illustrate a graphic novel. But that would be a lot of work. Too much for someone as uninspired and unartistic as yours truly. So I figured why not give one of the AI machines … Continue reading Rainy Season, AI-Imagined

俳句3 Comments

Thriving

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Kurt Brindley

reflecting uponmy fault of mortality reminds me to live #mementomori Continue reading Thriving

Waiting on the Apocalypse6 Comments

This is a no brainer…

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Kurt Brindley

Pun intended. Comparing George Orwell’s “1984″ to Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” Postman then added that, “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for … Continue reading This is a no brainer…

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Literary Zen XI

July 19, 2022February 25, 2023 Kurt Brindley

There is some wisdom in taking a gloomy view, in looking upon the world as a kind of Hell, and in confining one’s efforts to securing a little room that shall not be exposed to the fire. *Perhaps a better … Continue reading Literary Zen XI

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Just because I love you…

June 5, 2022 Kurt Brindley

Free books today.                               Get some❤       Continue reading Just because I love you…

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Sunday Songs to Spark the Spirit and Summon the Moves of the Dance

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 Kurt Brindley

You probably know that Steve Earle is a world-renowned folk/country/crossover singer-songwriter… And maybe you know that he is also an actor, having appeared on The Wire, Treme, and other productions, his characters mostly mirroring his life as a musician, as … Continue reading Sunday Songs to Spark the Spirit and Summon the Moves of the Dance

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Literary Zen X

April 28, 2022February 25, 2023 Kurt Brindley

Everyone who has ever built anywhere a new heaven first found the power thereto in his own hell.     Continue reading Literary Zen X

Human Relations6 Comments

A Privilege to be Apart

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Kurt Brindley

I wonder if there could be scientific research done that could come up with a way to measure how much privilege an individual possesses and then create a scale that tells us that this amount of privilege will lead to … Continue reading A Privilege to be Apart

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The River and the Bed

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Kurt Brindley

The river winds around my head, Fish before my eyes. I lay my cheek upon its bed and Contemplate the skies of Morning’s red, of Midday’s blue, of Twilight’s pink aglow, that Filters through the rushing stream Born of mountains … Continue reading The River and the Bed

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Whither Comes the Light?

November 20, 2021 Kurt Brindley

whither comes the light alas, what matters the source while soon comes the night     Continue reading Whither Comes the Light?

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Where do all the dreams go

November 17, 2021 Kurt Brindley

In the 12-month period that ended in April, more than 100,000 Americans died of overdoses, up almost 30 percent from the 78,000 deaths in the prior year, according to provisional figures from the National Center for Health Statistics. The figure … Continue reading Where do all the dreams go

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Where one scholar is in error and another in scholarly license

November 16, 2021 Kurt Brindley

Yes, this is yet another entry for the Ungeziefer file… One where scholar and author Rebecca Schuman, who is obviously highly intelligent and supremely credible as evidenced by her skepticism (likeminded with yours truly of course) of Michael Hoffman translating … Continue reading Where one scholar is in error and another in scholarly license

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What time is it? That’s right, it’s the Boy from Bohemia Time!

November 12, 2021November 14, 2021 Kurt Brindley

While I wasn’t exactly thrilled with Kafka translator Michael Hoffman translating Ungeziefer as cockroach… To say the least… I am in definite accord with him on much of what he discusses in his introduction to METAMORPHOSIS AND OTHER STORIES, a … Continue reading What time is it? That’s right, it’s the Boy from Bohemia Time!

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Redeemable

November 11, 2021 Kurt Brindley

There’s nothing Fixed that can’t be Broken Praise Jove, for without them, the Broken And all the Hope and Possibilities for which they allow There is nothing Redeemed There is nothing made New Again Beam of Sun meet Fall of … Continue reading Redeemable

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Hungry Artists, Kafkian or Otherwise, Fasting for Influence, Spiritual or Otherwise

November 10, 2021November 15, 2021 Kurt Brindley

Why does one fast? The obvious answers to me are most likely for spiritual or health reasons, and, should the need arise, for political and judicial reasons as well. But who knows really — it’s such a strange thing to … Continue reading Hungry Artists, Kafkian or Otherwise, Fasting for Influence, Spiritual or Otherwise

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There’s vermin in my library!

November 9, 2021May 1, 2022 Kurt Brindley

And by vermin I mean Ungeziefer of course. And if that Ungeziefer were a snake, the little bugger probably would have bitten me. Yeah, so… after yesterday’s mostly tongue-in-cheek diatribe re: my frustration with translators who blasphemously translate Ungeziefer, the … Continue reading There’s vermin in my library!

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