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Read more about the article The Distraction Reaction

The Distraction Reaction

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:April 17, 2020
  • Post category:Musings
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Definition of distraction: (1) a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else. “The woman found COVID-19 a distraction from her domestic duties.” Similar: diversion, interruption, disturbance,…

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A Blessing and a Curse

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:April 15, 2020
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Life goes on. That glib trope we all seem to spout occasionally, usually after expounding upon the vicissitudes of life, seemed an appropriate title for this blog, given the threat…

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Read more about the article From MS-DOS to Zoom!

From MS-DOS to Zoom!

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:April 13, 2020
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I was first tapped to do professional work on a computer as a graduate assistant in the journalism program at University of North Texas in 1980. I walked into the…

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Salad Dressing

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:April 10, 2020
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One of the effects of sheltering in place, as most of us must do these days, is that our day-to-day routines—which we barely even notice most of the time—disappear into…

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Read more about the article Let Us Eat Cake!

Let Us Eat Cake!

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:April 6, 2020
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I was driving east on Agua Fria in Santa Fe, having passed Osage Avenue, when I made the decision. I was going to have a piece of that coconut cake…

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Read more about the article A Toilet Paper Confession

A Toilet Paper Confession

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:April 1, 2020
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Beginning with this blog, I am sharing my observations and musings about life as we are now experiencing it. What I know to be true is that despite all the…

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Read more about the article Blooming and Dying

Blooming and Dying

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:October 17, 2019
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Ouch! Ouch. That damned succulent had to go, I thought angrily, after it had poked me yet another time. The sage-colored cactus with its broad, thick leaves had outgrown its…

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Read more about the article The Marrying Kind

The Marrying Kind

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  • Post published:September 16, 2015
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Photo: Jennifer Esperanza One of the greatest privileges of being a minister is officiating at weddings. In most states, anyone can marry a couple; you don’t need a minister to…

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Read more about the article Kinship, and other important ideas

Kinship, and other important ideas

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:July 4, 2015
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Photo: Hollis Walker  Last Sunday I had the opportunity to take the pulpit at First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, and once again, I talked about homelessness. After I was invited…

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Remembering Danny

  • Post author:thecrackedopenheart
  • Post published:July 1, 2015
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   Photo: Hollis Walker  The man at the left—Danny Jones—was too shy to let me photograph him for a slide show I did earlier this year about Pete’s Place, the…

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