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Finding True Love in Virtues

Creating Love between Partners I found a list of “horizontal” virtues 40 years ago, when I was just out of college and had despaired of ever finding true romantic love. I couldn’t imagine finding a girl who’d be faithful to me for life. And in truth, I couldn’t imagine that I had it in me […]

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Puppy Love

Puppy love is more than just a test of your gag reflex. God invented it. This little blogito began on an Amtrak train stalled in Philadelphia Station. The polar vortex had downed some lines north of Trenton. A conductor strolled by and I heard his radio say “… squak… crackle… sixty to ninety minutes…”. “We’re […]

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A beautiful Christmas story

At Christmas, what is love if not sacrifice? True story. I sold my beautiful heirloom mahogany and glass display case to get enough money to buy Taeko an exquisite mother-of-pearl safety guard for her chainsaw. She  opened her gift and began to smile while weeping softly at the same time. “What’s the matter, honey?” I […]

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 (Drowning Girl (aka Secret Hearts) by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963, oil with polymer on canvas)

Wonderful, stupid, romantic love

And really, who wouldn’t rather sink than call Brad for help? Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic oil painting from 1963, Drowning Girl, nails contemporary teen romance like no other work of art. With Brad’s name on her lips she arrives on the beach, fresh as a peach blossom, perky as a fruit pie (whatever) and there is Brad […]

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A Hindu Love Story

Whisper Love or Shout In Anger – Your Choice “A Hindu saint who was visiting the river Ganges to take a bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples, smiled and asked. ‘Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?’ […]

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Me inside you and you in me (Poem)

What good is art if it cannot be of service to love? We all know what goo-goo-eyed love is, but love also means reconciling the entire world and turning enemies into family. It’s a lot of territory to cover in a few lines, and this poem which began as my personal expression of passion, does […]

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His fingers brushed her cheek

And danged if it weren’t real good. It was our 31st wedding anniversary. Me and Honey Nim polished off three decades in a time that seems as brief as a meteor fly-by. Her Japanese palate likes anything from the ocean, so we chose a nice fish restaurant in which to celebrate. The day before, I had finished […]

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Why Love is a Big Deal

You’re in the Womb It’s like this. It’s wet, warm, cozy. You hear sounds outside, someone chopping onions or listening to Boz Scaggs. You don’t know what it is, but it’s cool. You’re a little bitty fetus, about the size of bait. You have a heartbeat and that long bellybutton doo-hickey. Life is good. Then […]

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Saturday’s Seminar

This past Saturday, May 11th, I was privileged to attend a Divine Principle Seminar taught by Gerard Servito from the Unification Thought Institute. There were 20 of us, ranging in age from 18 to 65, and everyone was equally moved by the content. Unlike other DP seminars I’ve attended in the past, this one was focused through […]

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