Metaphysics

Another One Planted In The Ground

by bdunn on July 21, 2011

in Government, Metaphysics

As I made preparations to beat the birds to the figs this morning, I paused to read the last chapter in a twisted Texas tale of murder, state-mandated retribution and religion. I love Texas. As an adopted Yankee mucking about in King Petrol’s court, I’ve found camaraderie and acceptance over the years, even for my [...]

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Keep In Mind That We Don’t Know Shit

by bdunn on June 15, 2011

in Metaphysics, Nature

Here I am spending half the day pouring water on plants so they don’t bake in the current drought, cursing the heat and worrying that global warming might turn South Texas into a desert. But it turns out I’ve taken my eye off the ball. That big yellow ball in the sky. The sun is, [...]

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Hamster Wheel ‘Round The Sun, Part LIX

by bdunn on February 22, 2011

in Garden, Metaphysics

After the year’s first sweet garden sweat I swig a beer and watch the new plants undulate in the breeze, the moment connecting me somehow to my grandpa maybe 45 years ago in Cleveland, before he escaped back to his Florida homeland, tending his tiny, immaculate plot next to the garage – were they plum [...]

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Old and Improved

by bdunn on January 2, 2011

in Metaphysics, Writing

For my little group of regular readers: No, you have not accidentally wandered into the wrong house. I’ve just repainted/rebranded for the New Year, in recognition of the fact that I am not the same man I was back in March of 2005 when I began the Brazos RiverBlog. (And come to think of it, [...]

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The Lease

by bdunn on December 14, 2010

in Metaphysics, Nature

The phrase “solitary confinement” no doubt spikes the imagination with tortuous visions of horror, and yet surveys show 74% of male Texans would jump at the chance to spend four to eight hours daily for several consecutive days alone in a 4 by 4 by 6-foot plywood box bearing numerous uncanny similarities to its prisonish [...]

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