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Jan 212 min
The Autobiography of John Lynch by Julian Langer
At this point I don’t know why I sat here preparing to write down my life story. I am terrified by what I have seen and hope that these...
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Feb 25, 20234 min
Remembering Uncle Mikey
by Allen Darling Uncle Mikey was many things, an engineer without schooling, an inventor, a philosopher, a true artist...painter,...
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Oct 3, 20226 min
Ask not “Who am I?” but “Who might I become?"
By Shaun Day-Woods Ever since I became interested in philosophy, especially its popular varieties, I have encountered the encouragement...
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Dec 6, 20214 min
Foul weather and other fake news
By Shaun Day-Woods “More foul weather coming” the headline read. It was an announcement for rain. Lots of it. Recent heavy rainfall, ...
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May 28, 20214 min
Ancient Ways of Knowing in Times of Massive Change By Pegi Eyers
The rise of earth-based spirituality in recent times has been spectacular, and we have much to celebrate! Empire-building has created a...
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Mar 18, 20218 min
D. H. Lawrence: Philosopher by Farasha Euker
Our world is on fire, with the last remaining natural beauties being rent asunder in the ever-expanding quest for profit and domination...
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Feb 15, 20213 min
Home
by Morgen As the cold runoff water trickles down the wet ferns, it collects in small pools taking cover underneath the tall plants that...
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Jan 31, 202118 min
An eco-egoist destruction of species-being and speciesism
For a union of egoists that includes all living flora, fauna and mineral individuals. By Julian Langer The central focus of this essay is...
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Jan 29, 20214 min
THE BLACK HUMOUR OF MAURICE SPIRA
By Ron Sakolsky Question: What do Jonathan Swift, D.A.F. de Sade, Charles Fourier, Thomas De Quincy, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire,...
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Dec 1, 20205 min
Tree Tongues
By Suijin | August 18, 2020 Halfway up the mountain, hiking on an old logging road, I neared a 15-foot Western Hemlock. Its top was just...
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Dec 1, 20204 min
Hymn to the Depths
By Ramon Elani The primitive mentality does not invent myths, it experiences them. Myths are original revelations of the preconscious...
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Dec 1, 20204 min
Bread and Blessings in a Pandemic—Reflections on Cooperative Living
by Laura Busheikin | March 27th, 2020 The etymology of the word “pandemic” comes from the Greek pan, meaning all, and demos meaning...
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Dec 1, 20203 min
A SECOND CHANCE The liberating process of learning a language
By Amanda Hale | Feb 20, 2020 | Night Forest Press Umbrella Blog photos by Krista Whitford I have taken a run at many...
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Dec 1, 20202 min
personification of the real
The summer of 1989 in Toronto was hot and humid. I loved riding my bike through the diasporic neighbourhoods in the middle of the night...
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Dec 1, 20203 min
The First Month Of A New Decade Passed By Without Incident. So Far So Good.
(How did I get so old so fast? One day you're nursing a hangover and the next you're in a nursing home.) ~ Me all the time Over the...
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