iDeas about the Past

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Reprogramming the Past

I would like to go back in time and tell myself things I wish I had known. It’s not possible, but it would be nice, We each have the...

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Old Violin with a Past

I bought my wife an old violin, a really old violin. It was handmade in 1779 by a Richard Duke. At one time it was owned by a member of...

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Reaching Back

Reaching back into the past fulfills a need to connect with the history that makes us who we are as we move forward into the future. We...

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Forgiving the Past

It’s easy to forgive and forget the acts of some people from our past. I find it easiest to forgive my childhood peers. I hope they find...

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Places Farther Away

Places farther away seem farther in the past, even if they are not. My son Blake and I were talking about some times we had while living...

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Stuffed With Stuff

I spent some time in a four story antique mall today. The place was stuffed with stuff. Stuff to hang on the wall, to place on the shelf,...

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A Sunny Sunday Afternoon

On Sunday afternoons my wife practices her cello and I usually take a walk to my favorite downtown coffee shop to write. We live in the...

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United Negro College Fund

I grew up as a little white kid in a family of bigoted fools. But I believed the slogan in ads the United Negro College Fund ran, which...

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Groovy Guru has Another Weird Dream

I dreamt that I was dining at a table with a king, two princesses, and a queen. The table was set in a camp, close to the King's tent -...

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Unzip the Past

When I am somewhere that I lived once, I sit still and think back on past experiences there. The air around me starts to vibrate with...