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Guerilla Time

One of the joys of college – back between 1969 and 1974 when I was finishing the final two years for my Bachelor’s at Salem State – was participating in guerilla theater. I’d swung way over to the far left, in terms of personal, political, and cultural outlook re: the world and how it operated,…

By BuddyCushman 12/22/2019 0

Gifts

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It is crystal clear. I do need to buy the Mary Oliver book (“Upstream”) and then pick it up and read it regularly. The way people early in recovery read “The Big Book” and “The 12 and 12”. I feel entirely filled with inspiration and awe and a bit of regret and the hope for…

By BuddyCushman 03/07/2019 5

Thin Slicing

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Here, now, is a slice or two of my mind. Back on October 17th of last year I published a post called “Risks and Other Things” in which I talked about a suggestion I had read – to begin each day by coming up with and writing down 10 Ideas. Every day. It would not…

By BuddyCushman 03/03/2019 0

Number 9, Number 9

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There’s a story here, one of mine, if you’ll hang with me for a moment or two. I’ve talked off and one about the “10 Ideas”, written first thing every morning because, well, ya can, and one of those ideas for me being to read 50 books within a year. I described in some detail…

By BuddyCushman 12/14/2018 9

I Was Thinking

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Timed writing #2. Wednesday One – Oh, was gonna, well, enough of that. The suggestion read in a book to begin each day taking a few minutes to come up with and write down ten (10) ideas – every day – and if that felt to difficult, come up with 20. Sticking to the 10,…

By BuddyCushman 11/08/2018 1

When 10 Becomes 50

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I try to picture myself at, say, age 11, imagine myself curled up on a soft chair in the living room, or on my bed, head propped up by pillows, reading a book. But I can’t see it. I can’t see that image through high school either, at my family’s home, at Jay’s or Water’s…

By BuddyCushman 10/26/2018 10