Behold, Happy Is The Man

  • Universals

    In college I took a course in logic, a conveyance of good common sense, where we had to establish and prove a basic syllogism (A + B = C). If you’re still following our most recent thread, let’s call the previous two posts (Idle Worship Parts 1 and 2) the “A” and the “B”, leading…

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  • Idle Worship, Part 2

    No matter who you are, some days are more challenging than others, but there’s nothing like a power nap to refresh the muses. And so we push on… Thus far my intention in this blog has to been to establish the personal and spiritual foundation I’ve spent the last year building, allowing a new perspective…

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  • Starting Over, Beginning Anew

    Thanks for checking back in for my further (mis)adventures. Sparing you the grim details of how I came to be incarcerated in 2022 (in short, it involved striking a family member, and alcohol was involved) let’s just say at that time I was in dire need of working some deep and passionate forgiveness. Any evangelist…

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  • Idle Worship, Part 1

    So if you’ve stuck with me so far, you now know that I draw lessons and guidance from both the Bible and the Buddha. Here comes the tricky part (and yes, Apu, we do need the Kwik-E-Mart*): where I do my best to explain how the two sources come together for me. (*Hello Simpson fans!)…

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  • The B Side

    When COVID hit full stride in 2020 I went with the flow and stayed close to home, trying some of the popular methods to keep busy such as bread-baking. (I was and still am a lousy baker.) A master chef and baker I once worked for explained it perfectly thus: “Cooking is an art, baking…

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  • In the Beginning Was the Word

    And speaking of the word, I give you mine that this blog will not be entirely devoted to Biblical perspectives. (Today’s title refers to John 1:1) But, what I will offer as a primary thread, is a synthesis of lessons I’ve collected mostly from intensive reading and study in the last year and previously. As…

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  • Give Thanks and Praises.

    Greetings and thank you for stopping by. My name is Dave L. and this blog is a virtual notebook, that began as a collection bin for several notebooks I filled while locked up in 2022 and into 2023, the year I turned 60. You, dear reader, may herein find, in no particular order: poignant passages…

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