For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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04/23/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Not Knowing is Most Intimate
Release your plans, schemes, and ideas—and discover what’s here, now. Here is today’s Meditation.
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Do Scientists Pray? Einstein Answers a Little Girl’s Question about Science vs. Religion
Here’s the link to this article. “Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that some spirit is manifest in the laws of the…
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04/22/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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About the Holy Bible, by Robert G. Ingersoll (1894): Part III, The Ten Commandments
This is a very long article. I’ll post it by part. Here’s the link to the full article. III: The Ten Commandments Some Christian lawyers—some eminent and stupid…
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Einstein on Why We Are Alive
Here’s the link to this article. The meaning of human existence in five lines. BY MARIA POPOVA Given my soft spot for big thinkers’ answers to young people’s questions…
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04/21/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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About the Holy Bible, by Robert G. Ingersoll (1894): Part II, Is the Old Testament Inspired?
This is a very long article. I’ll post it by part. Here’s the link to the full article. II: Is the Old Testament Inspired? If it is, it…
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A Simple Intervention to Increase Your Well-Being and Lower Depression from the Founding Father of Positive Psychology
Here’s the link to this article. You’ll need pen, paper, and a silencer for cynicism. BY MARIA POPOVA “When [a man] has fair health, a fair fortune, a…
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Not Knowing is Most Intimate
Release your plans, schemes, and ideas—and discover what’s here, now. Here is today’s Meditation.
Richard L. Fricks 