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Category: Essays/Poetry

HMPRESENTLY: Old Places… Good Vibes

Posted on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 by Harvey Radin

And we’re wondering, considering the possible presence, and all, if our house, in some way, can sense what’s happening….

Posted in Essays/Poetry

HMPRESENTLY: What ‘Good’ Is It, Actually?

Posted on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 by Harvey Radin

Just the word, itself, of course, means something is good. Maybe really, tremendously, fantastically good…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
ESSAY: Celebrating the Nation's Remaining Wetlands

ESSAY: Celebrating the Nation’s Remaining Wetlands

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Keith Bruno

The US Fish and Wildlife’s National Wetlands Inventory determined that between the 1780s and 1980s, the ‘lower 48’ of the United States saw a net loss of about 53% of its total wetlands…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

HMPRESENTLY: Are We Actually Talking About Deferred Maintenance?

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by Harvey Radin

When it comes to spending money, I’m cautious. And that’s okay, I’ve always believed. But I was overdoing it, I discovered…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
ESSAY:  Harriet, Ben and Andrew... in Our Wallets

ESSAY: Harriet, Ben and Andrew… in Our Wallets

Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 by Bill Hudson

The proposal will place the hero of “Underground Railroad” fame on the face of the $20 bill, while Andrew Jackson’s portrait will be moved to the back …

Posted in Essays/Poetry

HMPRESENTLY: Corny… or What?

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

Why post broadsides on bulletin boards, when we have a community website, and we can also blast-email folks, to keep them informed? I’ll tell you why…

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ESSAY: The Hill We Climb Together

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 by Winslow Myers

The rhythmic recitation by poet Amanda Gorman at the inauguration, her words counterpointed by her twirling hands, awoke a pleasant rush of what the Buddhists call sympathetic joy…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

VIDEO: ‘The Hill We Climb’

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 by Post Contributor

“But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Governor Polis Salutes Martin Luther King’s Legacy

Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 by Post Contributor

Together, as we look toward Colorado’s future, we have an opportunity to re-imagine what it can become…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

HMPRESENTLY: Gotta Tell You… This is Unusual…

Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 by Harvey Radin

So, giving in and signing up, back then… there I was, with the opportunity to connect with “the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful,” according to a description of the website…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

OPINION: The Need for Healing

Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 by Post Contributor

We need skilled and determined leadership to initiate a national conversation of formal reparations for both recent and historical damages…

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ESSAY: The Ever-changing Shape of Love

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Winslow Myers

Love is the only force strong enough to be the unifying energy that ties our broken country back together. Hate can’t do it. Hate and fear have polarized us. We need to choose…

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HMPRESENTLY: Starring Medusa, Plus a Full Cast of Characters

Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 by Harvey Radin

The nightmare I was having was like a storyboard… like the images people in the movie business draw up, so they can visualize their motion pictures…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: The Doors of Perception, Part Three

Posted on December 24, 2020December 25, 2020 by Bill Hudson

Things had been going downhill, for many of the working families in Pagosa Springs, well before the coronavirus arrived on the scene…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: The Doors of Perception, Part Two

Posted on December 23, 2020June 2, 2024 by Bill Hudson

If a person struggles with mathematics, does that mean they have trouble using the left side of their brain? Once again, a logical conclusion…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
ESSAY:  The Doors of Perception, Part One

ESSAY: The Doors of Perception, Part One

Posted on December 22, 2020June 2, 2024 by Bill Hudson

The first ‘thing’ a child typically learns to draw — the first recognizable shape that appears, usually accidentally, on their sheet of paper, or on the bedroom wall — is a circle….

Posted in Essays/Poetry
ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part Seven

ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part Seven

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 by Bill Hudson

This is not a new idea. Cultures all around the world, down through history, have apparently held similar beliefs…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part Six

Posted on December 1, 2020December 2, 2020 by Bill Hudson

In fact, modern science has made very little headway in explaining why humans (and other life forms) experience nocturnal dreams…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part Five

Posted on November 30, 2020December 1, 2020 by Bill Hudson

The day after Thanksgiving, I awoke from a dream that — unlike most of my dreams, my thousands of dreams — left a mark on my waking consciousness…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
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