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Aug 5
Aug 5 Job

Eclectic Essays
Ideas

The sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

Jul 29
Jul 29 Hannah's Moon

Eclectic Essays
Family

There once was a little girl, who wrote a little poem, about a moon that wasn’t there.

Jul 22
Jul 22 Goethe's Little Novel

Eclectic Essays
Languge

It’s a small book whose impact on the world of literature has been large.

Jul 15
Jul 15 Dragons

Eclectic Essays
Ideas

What are they? Where are they? Did any such beasts ever exist anywhere at any time?

Jul 8
Jul 8 Dollars & Sense

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Ideas

Money is a medium of exchange. It has no value until we spend it.

Jul 1
Jul 1 Bob

Eclectic Essays
Family

He was a rake and a ramblin’ boy from the day he first put a paw into this world.

Jun 24
Jun 24 Babel

Eclectic Essays
Languge

When Alice upbraided Humpty Dumpty on his misuse of a word he replied scornfully, “Words mean just what I choose them to mean – no more, no less”.

Jun 17
Jun 17 Primordial

Eclectic Essays
Life

Hidden in the heart of Parma, Ohio is a primordial wilderness.

Jun 10
Jun 10 Nature, Culture, Government

Eclectic Essays
Ideas

There is an enduring nexus between these three.

May 27
May 27 Hawk

Eclectic Essays
Life

I look out the kitchen window. Mr. Cooper Hawk has landed on the railing of my deck.

May 13
May 13 Divine Right

Eclectic Essays
History

The doctrine of the divine right of Kings was accepted as inviolable for nearly a thousand years.

May 6
May 6 Deadlines

Eclectic Essays
Life

Deadlines are almost always phony.

Apr 29
Apr 29 Bright Lights, Big City

Eclectic Essays
Family

There is an allure to the far away and unknown. A glamor that attaches to anything shrouded in mystery.

Apr 22
Apr 22 What's in it for Moi?

Eclectic Essays
Ideas

Or, in plainer English - What’s in it for Me?

Apr 15
Apr 15 Transformation

Eclectic Essays
Ideas

It’s an everyday event for all of us. In fact, it is an every second event.

Apr 8
Apr 8 The Oneiric

Eclectic Essays
Ideas

It’s an unfamiliar word that refers to something familiar to all of us – dreams

Apr 8
Apr 8 Sorry...

Eclectic Essays
Life

There is a saying much abused - Never explain. Never apologize.

Apr 1
Apr 1 Science vs. Religion

Eclectic Essays
Ideas

There is a common assumption that religion and science are in conflict

Mar 25
Mar 25 Price/Performance

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Ideas

Or P/P - the ratio between what something costs, and how well it performs.

Mar 18
Mar 18 Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

Eclectic Essays
Life

These words are known to most of us as a single line from a truism made famous by Benjamin Franklin in his popular periodical, Poor Richard’s Almanac.

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