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paying attention on Bader Road

I write posts in my head all the time, so I was astonished to find just now that I have not published one since a year ago. The ones I write in my head are often fun and potentially helpful in gaining perspective, but if I don’t sit down and pound out my thoughts, considering,…

enough with deep thoughts

Whew! That last post felt like a slog. It’s not that philosophical thoughts are, in my view, a waste of time… but, real life goes on, and if the thoughts don’t result in a greater sense of equanimity, what’s the point? So, I want to lighten up, bring all that research and rumination about Stoicism…

a fledgling Stoic

The painting above appeared in a post, My Father – A Life Worth Living, from Vitaliy Katsenelson’s blog “The Intellectual Investor.” In describing his father, Vitaliy writes that it wasn’t until he studied Stoicism that he realized that his father lived by Stoic principles. It was an exemplary life, and the post, including a home…

on my own in Wichita

For the second time this year, I am away from Arizona on my own, this time in Wichita, KS. I went to NYC in April to spend a few days with my brother Andrew and his family and in July, will fly to Oakland, CA to see Sam, then to Portland, OR to see Katie.…

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