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Just Shelley

Understanding Belief

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. To continue the thread I started earlier, my whole life has been, in some ways, a journey into understanding belief, particularly as it is defined within religion. Perhaps in spite of how it is defined in religion. When I was young I lived in a small town and in my […]

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Writing

Romance still exists

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Jonathon blended yesterday’s posting on Romance, and the associated comments into a thoughtful perspective. It takes skill to combine the topics of Romance and the movie Fahrenheit 451 into one posting. Tiny gestures of thoughtfulness, making another feel special, respect, and a bit of magic. Romance still exists — it’s just wearing a […]

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Just Shelley

I am a Romantic

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Is romance dead? I’m not talking about a trip into Hallmark, resulting in the dispersal of either quick wit or Profound Thought of the Moment. I’m talking about moonlight and roses, dancing until dawn, looking dreamily into each others eyes. Romance. Capital ‘R’. Movies from the 30’s and 40’s showed […]

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Weblogging Writing

Won’t be reviewing Radio

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was in the process of writing a review of Radio for O’Reilly Network when I was aghast to see the publication of a smallish review of Radio by Jon Udell within this publication on Friday. As happens sometimes in a publication that has many parts, one part did not know what the other […]

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Just Shelley

To not have a child

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. In a quiet moment of sharing, Jonathon said the following in a post today: Though I don’t believe in regrets, I have just one: that I don’t have a child. All my closest friends have children and every time they invite me to their homes, I feel a sense of gratitude that […]