Subscription & Enculturation

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This one took a circuitous route. It started when I was reminded of those TV commercials that feature a series of actors reciting a snippet of what then becomes a more complete sales pitch, something I dislike almost as much as children in ads. Then it occurred to me that this technique is much more emblematic and generalizable.
We hardly ever walk our way into anything of social significance; rather, we talk our way in. Sometimes there’s even a script; sometimes there isn’t. The script is the doorway.

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Celebrating Heart Party at Greenstone with New Friends

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Yesterday’s Valentines Day gathering at Greenstone near Mariposa, CA was a celebration of the heart. When you’re new to a place, you catch life already in progress: the Heart Party, our generous hosts, the other guests, and its setting hit home in more ways than one.

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A quick, morning, freehand sketch in Procreate based on an iPhone photo that I took yesterday when nobody was looking.

Boudreaux’s Contingency Remover

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For those who need an orientation, click here. Applying this to buying a house, I’m afraid, is up to you.

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The Closing

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Just the other day our counter offer was accepted by the seller, so our hands and wrists are one step closer to another one of the biggest events of their lives!

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Deregulation

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I was so groggy last night when I posted this that I neglected to add my comment, my take on the notion of regulation. So, here it is: even our exceptions and exemptions are regulated.
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On your mark, get set, look at the same damned thing differently

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Recreational Polarization

Polyester Microfilament Woven Fabrics: Black Market

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I’m still intrigued by these tiny cleaning cloths for glasses.

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Why are they so small and hard to come by?

Reinhold Niebuhr: A Reality Check

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Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone;therefore we must be saved by love.

No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint; therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.

Reinhold Niebuhr, The Irony of American History

Reference photo from this webpage. Freehand in Procreate, iPad, Sty-HD stylus.

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