Americanism Redux January 16, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775 Let's allow an illusion. You've got your minutes and hours and days down to your own control, that everything you're doing flows into a narrowly formed funnel over and over again. It's fine to think it. Go ahead and live it. Just know that up-top, where time runs, life doesn't care. It's always everywhere, moving in … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: January 16, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
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September 20–Today–250 Years Ago
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Americanism Redux September 20, 250 years ago today For now, their lives are apart. Separate and unjoined. They don't know it but Down River—in the future—they will collide in the roaring waters. That day awaits, a lamp moving over a black surface. A 50-year old man writes a letter. Living in Virginia, he encloses a copy of family documents important to the woman who is waiting … [Read more...]
Four Decisions, Two Hours, and One Day
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Benedict Arnold Saratoga Battlefield, Saratoga, New York Benedict Arnold. If you know the name you know why. He betrayed the American cause in the Revolutionary War. Switched his loyalty to the British in exchange for money and status. In America, his name is synonymous with treason, back-stabbing, the worst kind of sell-out. I still want you to know something different about him as a … [Read more...]
