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You have to want to be kind

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:03:54 +0000

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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop Weeks ago, the explosions at the Boston Marathon. Like everyone, I was sick, angry, numb. I felt apprehension, pity, grief. A hundred other things I had no words for. The horror of Newtown returned, an event so hideous that at the time I [...]

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The grove of academe

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:04:34 +0000

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This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. — Psalms, 118:24 “I think I want to stay in town for middle school,” Nick said the other day. “I thought you were into Portland,” I said. “Not so much now,” he said. The Portland idea has been with [...]

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Thomas Lincoln and the video game problem

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:46:33 +0000

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“If we could meet now, it is doubtful whether it would not be more painful than pleasant.” — Abraham Lincoln, speaking about his father in 1851 Ever since my son got his computer, he’s been obsessed with a video game called Minecraft, the object of which seems to be the building of Lego-like settlements while [...]

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Easy peasy lemon squeezy

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:34:36 +0000

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Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people’s business. Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball. – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . The deal was this: Nick would get a [...]

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Down Our Way

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:14:24 +0000

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There are places I remember All my life though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain — Lennon/McCartney . Some years ago Nick asked me for a computer. “It’s no good having computer if you’re not reading,” I said. “Can I have one when I can read?” he [...]

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Wolf Pascoe Word Shop

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:54:48 +0000

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Writing

Do a thing for the love you bring to it, not for the love it will bring to you. I have an announcement I’ve been planning to make for a while. Beginning today, the posting schedule of this blog changes. Instead of publishing every week, I’ll put up new writing every other Monday. The next [...]

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Walking the dog, Part 2: Map and territory

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:53:38 +0000

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mindfulness

What you do is what the whole universe is doing at the place you call here and now. You are something the whole universe is doing in the same way that the wave is something that the whole ocean is doing. — Alan Watts . Alan Watts made an appearance here a couple of week [...]

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Breathing for Two

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:28:53 +0000

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mindfulness

Have a child. Plant a tree. Write a book. — the Talmud Every so often here I restate my hare-brained intention to make a living as a writer. So it’s with big feelings that I announce the release of my long awaited (by me) book, Breathing for Two. The graphic to the right is clickable and [...]

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Walking the dog, Part 1: The Hay Wain

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:42:04 +0000

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Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body. – James Joyce, Dubliners I walked the dog this morning. The painting to the right isn’t where I walked him. The painting is John Constable’s “The Hay Wain,” from around 1830. Notable because it was one of the last depictions of the unbroken English countryside before the [...]

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The Prince of Wales test

Wolf Pascoe — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:13:11 +0000

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But you must be sure that your imagination and love are behind it, that you are not working just from grim resolution, i.e., to make money or impress people. – Brenda Ueland In my dreams of flying, I need to flap. I wave my arms in imitation of a bird, and after a minute or [...]

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