Author: Matt
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Everything Bagels, Dasani Water, and The New York Times
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Here is the plan. I live 5 to 7 miles away from the Strip. I get into my Honda with Jane and for lunch we go to the Vegas branch of the Stage delicatessen for pastrami on rye, Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray, sour pickles and tomatoes, a round potato knish —…
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In Between, Above and Beyond, Below and Beneath
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In between packing and labeling cartons “Office” and ” Books,” the air conditioning system broke down and I need a new compressor; the “For Sale” sign has been removed as I am renting the house for at least five years to an elderly couple who are in love with the…
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What Is It to Be Inwardly Free?
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I don’t know. I can say that for at least 34 years I have struggled with that. Dr. Neil Friedman started my search when he assigned Krishnamurti’s The Flight of the Eagle in his social work class. I recall how I found that book so dense with meaning, so conceptual…
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Pre-Nevada Associations and Other Mental Flossing
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I wonder if my son will break through to himself as he struggles to make his way in this world. Striving to find himself artistically, he is aggravated by a job that has a woman medusa as a supervisor. My fantasies and hopes for him are mine alone, for he has…