Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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And We’re Back!
Well, it’s been a long few months but we are back and ready to go. Take a look at the revamped site. It’s still a work in progress but isn’t that life? Take a look and explore the new functions I’ve added. New posts wills start next week. We’re on our way! Attempt it. Chance…
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TN Valley Hand Spinners Guild
Recently I had the opportunity to visit with the TN Valley Hand Spinners Guild. If you are unfamiliar with hand spinning this is how they use to spin yarn. Going in I assumed it was just wool from sheep but nope, they use all kinds of wool from sheep to alpacas. I also learned the…
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Welcome 2016!
Rainer Maria Rilke, a Bohemian-Austrian poet, once wrote, “And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” There’s not much more to add to that other than “hear, hear!” Each new year brings its own set of challenges and rewards – things that are new and things that can change…
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Feeling Like a Dog at the Race Track
When greyhounds race they chase a lure around the track (as pictured above). The lure stays in front of them the whole time, beckoning the dogs to caught it. This is what keeps the dogs moving and going around the track. And that’s the whole of dog racing – releasing the gate and have them chase…
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Be Nice but be Smart
The other night I stopped by the store on my way home. At the back end of the parking lot was a lady with her hood up on her truck. I stopped and asked if she needed any help. She mentioned she ran out of gas. I pulled off and thought about how I could…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s to hoping it’s a great one!
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Be Awesome and Prodigious
Meet Awesome and Prodigious. This is who a friend and myself went as for Halloween. Our costumes weren’t store bought, rather we came up with the idea ourselves. In fact our costumes aren’t costumes at all, they are things we’ve actually did/accomplished, just put on to wear all at once. He’s awesome and I’m prodigious…
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Decide on a Better You
I was headed to work the other morning when a driver in front of me couldn’t make up her mind. She was going to turn but wouldn’t get over in the turn lane. Instead, she rode half in the turn lane and half in my lane. Eventually she turned but only after riding for a half…
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Knowing What’s Wrong by Doing What’s Right
Back before I was diagnosed with MS I knew something was up. My legs tingled all the time, when I ran my legs didn’t always listen to me, I had a tough going up and down the mountain side during a 12 mile mud run at a ski resort, and I had balance issues while…
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The Morning Fog that Doesn’t Relent
We all get the dreaded brain fog. We’re thinking of something, talking to someone, learning or studying and like that we lose our train of thought. We retrace our steps, remember where we were and then continue on. For those of us with MS though, the brain fog can occur frequently and can take a…
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