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And The River Flows

Looking upstream I see rapids and fast water…ebullience. I imagine the bounding start from a spring or the melting snow on the mountain…

2 min read2 days ago

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And The River Flows

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Solitude; Like A Mushroom

Lately, I have been working in my strawbale garden. Not unlike writing, it takes blood to prepare the bales for growth. In the case of my…

2 min readMay 22, 2024

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Solitude; Like A Mushroom

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Nothin’ New

Except the Usual, Extraordinary, Spring Burst

2 min readApr 20, 2024

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Nothin’ New

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Living With The Ghost of a Great West African King

I was recently captured, once again, by an essay from Linda Caroll (Can’t Write This). Another great one, excellent writing and reasoning.

2 min readMar 25, 2024

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Living With The Ghost of a Great West African King

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Corrected Vision

We learn to see as children, it is an active process of connecting the eyes to the brain as the child actively crawls around spaces…

2 min readMar 17, 2024

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Corrected Vision

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Killing Time

As I was aimlessly strolling through YouTube I came upon Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits aimlessly strolling down Telegraph Road. The slow…

2 min readFeb 26, 2024

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Killing Time

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Increasing Turbulence

Did the fasten seatbelt sign come on as we entered 2024? I have the impression of a voice telling us to keep our seatbelts fastened for the…

2 min readFeb 18, 2024

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Rewriting Human History

Are we living in a moment of Kairos(Greek for the right, or critical moment)? Is it a time when the lines between myth, history, science…

4 min readFeb 5, 2024

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Rewriting Human History

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Capturing My Shadow

I read, a lot. Much on Medium, in all domains, and at the moment The Dawn Of Everything, A New History Of Humanity ( David Graeber, David…

3 min readJan 31, 2024

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Capturing My Shadow

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Looking At History Openly And With Compassion.

Landing in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Photo, Duff Gyr

3 min readJan 30, 2024

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Looking At History Openly And With Compassion.

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Duff Gyr

Duff Gyr

Retired educator, explorer of thought, and of spaces: mountains, vineyards, lakes, oceans, books, education, and music, in/with epi-curious style.

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