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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Struggles in life: 71 of 338
AND THEIR LOVE SHALL WAX COLD Fall was in full tumble now. Every day the lengthening angle of October cut through the maples outside his window. In the crisp air tatters of leaves slid down thin rays of sunlight, settled in shadowy patches on the hillside below. He felt the snap of autumn air, the contemplative pace of the se... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Psychic vision experiences: 2 of 9
SPIRIT GUIDES I'd been praying, passing through that chaos and turmoil that accompanies change and re-direction, remembering earlier directions, recalling earlier dreams, collecting those random little tappings that assemble at points of birth like iron filings around a magnet. I recalled incidents and persons and powers that... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Meaning of life: 28 of 122
It's an ancient human search. The secret, the key, the purpose of life. What's it all about? What does it all mean? Why are we here? Is there purpose, meaning, substance to it? What's behind it? Is there a precise design, a designer, an intention here? Or is it all an accident, an illusion, a dream? Is the answer found in a c... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Will Barack Obama's administration be able to reverse the nation's economic downturn?: 3 of 12
We're not in Oz anymore. In Oz, the sound and fury that generated bone-shaking fear and trembling was a trumped-up special effect. The substance behind it was nothing more than a single flawed human being, cocooned behind a curtain where he operated a console that gave him a false sense of security and power. If we were in Oz... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Is the US economy in a recession?: 5 of 19
Author's Note: This article was written in early January of 2007.Yes, the recession is here. I'm at ground zero. I've been watching a bellweather indicator drop like a barometer before a heavy storm. And now the storm is here.I have a uniquely simple, accurate perspective point on this development. I'm a General Contractor in... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Global warming: The cold, hard facts: 16 of 55
No matter where you live on the earth your weather will change significantly in the next five years. You will see a wider range of variability in your normal climatic conditions. It will be hotter, it will be colder, it will be drier, it will be wetter than usual. Air turbulence will increase, storms will be more powerful, ba... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: End of the world: 26 of 84
In the end it wasn't a bang or a whimper. The curtain descended slowly, creeping across the face of the earth. It reduced the strut and flash and bang of human history to a lingering after-image, a spark fading into shadow on the slow-burning cosmic retina.Final Notes:The Blessing Plague worked well. The research catacombs he... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Following your spiritual pathway back to God: 8 of 22
WHAT'S THE "SPIRITUAL LIFE" ALL ABOUT? It's about moving from our lower self to our higher self. It's about unlearning, moving beyond our past pains and the conclusions we took from them and the future fears we project out of them. It's about being here now, where everything is possible. It's about replacing hallucinated nega... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Meaning of life: 75 of 196
DO YOU HEAR THE MUSIC? Old bones rattled in his gut, old scars ached in his heart. In the woods autumn gnats and miniscule milkweed tufts carved energetic treble-clefs above the forest floor, floated errant and aimless down a trailing breeze. The seasons had circled. Death littered the forest floor, thin light and weak breeze... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Why we write: 70 of 182
Why We WriteIt's about connecting. We write to make connections with one another, with ourselves, with the mysteries and joys and pains of life. When I joined Helium, my profile asked me why I write, and it was the only answer that didn't require any contemplation. The answer flew onto the keyboard. "Birds gotta fly" Writers ... More..