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Category: 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…

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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…

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ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part Four

Posted on November 27, 2020November 30, 2020 by Bill Hudson

“Together, these results suggest that people engage in motivated interpretation of their dreams and that these interpretations impact their everyday lives…”

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HMPRESENTLY: My Plot to Fake Out My PC

Posted on November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 by Harvey Radin

I’m baffled a lot, because high-tech devices are so smart, and I can’t always keep up with what they’re doing…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part Three

Posted on November 25, 2020November 27, 2020 by Bill Hudson

“Someone who has just escaped from a fire may dream about the actual fire a few times, then may dream about being swept away by a tidal wave….”

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ESSAY: Dreams and Perception, Part One

Posted on November 23, 2020November 25, 2020 by Bill Hudson

I have my own ideas about what the word ‘consciousness’ means. And I think I know what an ‘illusion’ is….

Posted in Essays/Poetry

VIDEO: How to Be at Home

Posted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 by Post Contributor

This animation, built upon a poem written and spoken by Tanya Davis, was created in Andrea Dorfman in her home studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while in social isolation…

Posted in Essays/Poetry, Video

ESSAY: Gather Round the Table

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 by Post Contributor

So, how do we get people in 21st-century society “back to the table,” in both the literal and figurative sense, especially in the middle of a pandemic…?

Posted in Community, Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Freemasonry, Explained

Posted on October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 by Post Contributor

Freemasonry is the world’s oldest and largest Fraternity. It is international and its estimated membership of 6+ million are found in all but a handful of countries…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
OPINION: Failure Is an Option

OPINION: Failure Is an Option

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by Post Contributor

Knowing that even the best-laid plans can fail shouldn’t paralyze us into inaction. What it should do is cause us to think critically about what projects we pursue, how we pursue them, and how we evaluate success…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

HMPRESENTLY: God, That’s Good!

Posted on September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 by Harvey Radin

“There are no strangers” at Rodney Scott’s restaurants — he has more than one location, now. “Everyone has a seat at our table…”

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: Poison… Part Two

Posted on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 by Gary Wockner

Japanese beetles were our most common target. When I was younger, my granddad would drive me out to the farm that was to be sprayed. After I turned sixteen and got my license, I drove Dad’s truck…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
ESSAY: Poison... Part One

ESSAY: Poison… Part One

Posted on August 24, 2020August 25, 2020 by Gary Wockner

Dad had his own airport with three small hangars filled with planes and a couple more staked out on the grass. In addition to the crop-duster, he always had a few other airplanes, sometimes a helicopter or gyrocopter…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

HMPRESENTLY: The Street Sweeper, Bipartisanship… and a Coherent COVID Strategy

Posted on August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 by Harvey Radin

We occasionally see the street sweeper, one of those trucks slowly lumbering along streets, sweeping away debris with big, round brushes on the bottom of the truck…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: My Quest for COVID Answers

Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 by Post Contributor

In anticipation of this learning opportunity, I had compiled my list of questions, and was ready to soak in all the knowledge she would share…

Posted in Education/Health, Essays/Poetry

ESSAY: A Pandemic Bandit

Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 by Post Contributor

Been really interesting watching how each of the communities… Grand Junction, Fruita, Montrose, Ridgway, Ouray, Silverton, Durango… now Pagosa and Ignacio respond to the COVID-19…

Posted in Essays/Poetry
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