{"id":4,"date":"2017-09-07T21:15:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T21:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preservationofcharacter.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2023-02-12T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T09:26:45","slug":"preservation-of-character","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/preservationofcharacter.com\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESERVATION of CHARACTER HOME PAGE – Soul Proprietor\u2019s Notes & Realizations\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PRESERVATION OF CHARACTER<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Like so many matters of the heart — It is best left undefined…<\/em><\/span>
\n Yet somehow ‘seems necessary to talk about it!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Using a rural way to tell a story…<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

COMMUNITY\/FAMILY FARMS AND BUSINESSES
\n<\/strong>(Lifestyle & Locally based)<\/span><\/p>\n

Advocacy — Promotion — Education<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>
\n With Notions in Humanality<\/em><\/span>
\n\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The “Preservation of Character” is a lifelong calling…
\nAnd only much to do with\u00a0\u201cMy Fish Farming Adventure<\/a><\/span>\u201d\u2026
\nAs the Farm\u2019s Founder and then Soul Proprietor\u2026
\nIt was given title\u2026 And adopted this vision \/ mission…
\n*Rooted in experience & colored by revered relations\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In a world where we create and grow things\u2026<\/span>
\n I imagine Community\/Family Farms & Businesses\u2026<\/span>
\n Favorable to their Characters and Good Places to be\u2026<\/span>
\n*Artists & Others with supposed motives \u2018included\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Our passions often seem born out of their contrary\u2026<\/span>
\nWhen we realize too many things missing or gone astray\u2026<\/span>
\n And are freed to forge ways… By the source calling\u2026<\/span>
\n *A matter of heart and etched into social agreements~~<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me the same-old story… Tell me the same-old story…
\nThere are far fewer stories than ways they are told\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>*\u00a0 \u00a0“<\/span>Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span>”\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

— Notes & Realizations…<\/span><\/strong>
\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1950\/58- Present<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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February\u00a0 2023
\n<\/span>A character’s life… is seldom how it’s told…
\nYet is as plain as the nose on a face…
\nTo those who are looking…<\/span><\/p>\n

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February\u00a0 2023
\n<\/span>My ‘answers’ seem to be realized…
\nLong before my ability to verbally express…<\/span><\/p>\n

Humming the tune can be gratifying~~~<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

December\u00a0 2022
\n<\/span>What we ‘think’ about each other is often just that…
\nAnd mostly to do with the Thinker…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

July\u00a0 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Pondering is a form of thinking…
\nWhere our thoughts are in cahoots with our higher being…
\nBe Peace… Be Love… Be Wise…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

March\u00a0 2022
\n<\/span>If it’s a Matter of Heart?..
\n<\/span>Take it to Heart!..
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

March\u00a0 2022
\n<\/span>We all need a Good Nemesis\u2026
\n\u2018Keeps us from believing our own \u2018sh*t\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

March\u00a0 2022
\n<\/span>Defining our Stories\u2026<\/span>
\nCan limit our Probabilities\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

January\u00a0 2022
\n<\/span>It’s good to know the rules…<\/span>
\nTo best find how to break them…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

November 2021
\nI met a man that grew roses for a living…
\nYet claimed he had no time to smell them…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

October 2021
\nIt is courageous when we allow our love
\nand passion to take us beyond our beliefs…
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

July\u00a0 2021
\nIn our day-to-day lives…
\nIt’s not always about what we know…
\nBut often who we trust to know…
\nA wisdom or a way I’d say~~<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

May\u00a0 2021
\nDeath would be…
\nThe least of my problems…
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

April\u00a0 2021
\nI’d rather be dead wrong…
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nNovember 2020
\nThe worst that can happen…
\nAre the stories we tell ourselves\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

October 2020
\nTo “Know all Men”\u2026
\n\u00a0Then to imagine– Knowing all Things\u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

September 2020
\nAny body can say any thing\u2026
\nSome more believably than others…
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Be’ware~~<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

July\u00a0 2020
\nWhere the Snakes are smart\u2026
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ‘comes a matter for the heart\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

May 2020
\nSo many lessons from long ago\u2026
\n\u00a0And just now being realized…<\/em>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

April 2020
\n<\/span>I\u2019m not going to die\u2026<\/span>
\nBut become invisible\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

In some circles– <\/em><\/span>
\nI’m getting a jump on things…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

February 2020<\/span>
\nI write this way\u2026<\/span>
\nTo not be taken literally\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

November 2019<\/span>
\nBeyond what seems\u2026
\nWe can ‘love them all\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nNovember 2019<\/span>
\nIt’s so easy to see…
\nWhen others are being an ass…
\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOctober 2019<\/span>
\nThe metaphor dies…<\/span>
\nWhen it’s otherwise…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

December 2018<\/span>
\nExperience is best realized i<\/span>n the meantime…<\/span>
\nBefore our jumping to conclusions…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOctober 2018<\/span>
\nThe Meetings of the Mind\u2026<\/span>
\nThe Leadership– So we think!…<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching by example\u2026<\/span>
\nOr rather by the diversities we are…<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

September 2018<\/span>
\nA good feeling can be but a finger…
\nGuiding us to the next best thing…<\/span><\/p>\n

And where the up-’til-now fades…<\/em><\/span>
\nLike the thoughts dreams are made up…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nSeptember 2018<\/span>
\nWhen we try-hard long enough\u2026<\/span>
\nWe\u2019ll eventually run out of time!..<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

June 2018<\/span>
\nSome of my Best Friends have been Dogs\u2026<\/span>
\nThey stand and speak for us all\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

June 2018
\n<\/span>The \u201cSoulful Character\u201d —\u00a0<\/span>Everybody is one!..<\/span><\/p>\n

However bright… We all shine on…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

June 2018
\nFreedom of the Press —<\/span>
\nIt is no longer about a middle ground\u2026<\/span>
\nOr maintaining a status quo\u2026<\/span>
\nBut rather the Plight between the Few and Many\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A time of Awakening is with us once again!..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

June 2018<\/span>
\nI haven\u2019t been to the mail box in days…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

May 2018
\n<\/span>There are no Stupid Wars\u2026<\/span>
\n But rather a matter of Heart~~~\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Declare Peace!..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

May 2018<\/span>
\nThey know more than we think…<\/span>
\nBending in the wind and leaning to light…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

April 2018<\/span>
\nAlone in the wake of night…<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mostly Awesome…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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April 2018<\/span>
\nBe peace\u2026 Be love\u2026 Be wise\u2026<\/span>
\n In the meantime– We are soulful characters\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

We have risen… time and time again…\u00a0 \u00a0Happ-E…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

March 2018<\/span>
\nIf I was me\u2026<\/span>
\n This is what We\u2019d do!..<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

March 2018
\n<\/span>I can not be accountable\u2026<\/span>
\n For my every thought\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

March 2018<\/span>
\n‘Putting words aside\u2026<\/span>
\n We leave little room for quarrel\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

February 2018<\/span>
\n‘Was a lot of clutter between Dad & Me…
\n<\/span>Yet we always have from now on!..<\/span><\/p>\n

I see and feel you~~~<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

February 2018<\/span>
\nMore things to ponder…
\nLess things to do…
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

February 2018<\/span>
\nTo be loyal regardless…
\nOur random thoughts…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

January 2018<\/span>
\nTo always tell the truth\u2026
\nEven when it\u2019s not\u2026
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

January 2018<\/span>
\nI don\u2019t just want to ‘get-a-long’\u2026<\/span>
\n I want to love you too\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

January 2018<\/span>
\nGist be cause\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

December 2017<\/span>
\nThe \u2018to do\u2019 of an idea is in our readyness\u2026 <\/span>
\n Yet it seems to abide no matter\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Here I come– Ready or not!..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

November 2017
\n<\/span>Good to know… Not likely understood…<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes it takes a very long time\u2026<\/em><\/span>
\n To realize what takes no time at all\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

November 2017<\/span>
\n‘Best not to get arrogant\u2026
\nOver our own good days…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOctober 2017<\/span>
\nFreedom to be from our hearts…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

September 2017<\/span>
\n‘Every thing with a grain of salt…<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Says the Salty Character…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

September 2017<\/span>
\nWhether we believe it or not\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAugust 2017<\/span>
\nSo this is what happens\u2026<\/span>
\n When you make up your own life!<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAugust 2017<\/span>
\nI only get afraid when I think about it\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

That is unless the ball keeps getting bigger…<\/em><\/span>
\nAnd bigger… And bigger– Before it hits me!..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nJuly 2017<\/span>
\nMore Naps and Gaps!..<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJune 2017<\/span>
\nOut of the gumption and wit of my Heart\u2019s Desire\u2026
\nComes my meaningful b*llsh*t\u2026 And way of doing\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJune 2017<\/span>
\nHere ‘lies’ the answer–<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMay 2017<\/span>
\n<\/strong>If we meet at my place\u2026 I\u2019ll probably stay longer\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMarch 2017<\/span>
\n<\/strong>No matter the weather…
\nJust follow the Yellow Fish Road…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMarch 2017<\/span>
\n<\/strong>There’s a roving hole in our living space…
\nWhere Sunny use to be…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nMarch 2017<\/span>
\n<\/strong>My Son tells me– Some thoughts do end with a period.<\/span>
\nAnd that’s where I left it…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nJanuary 2017<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Dogs have stories too…<\/span>
\nI am grateful to be part of Sunny’s<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nJanuary 2017<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I like to pretend I haven’t an “ego” to be reckoned…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nNovember 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>To have but one mind about much of anything\u2026<\/span>
\nCan be a sorry state\u2026\u00a0 ‘Dogma Happens’<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nOctober 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>A heartfelt knowing of our Soul…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nSeptember 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Our “history” is whatever we have thought to make of it…<\/span>
\nOften dependent on the person holding the pencil…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nAugust 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>An enduring thought tends to belief–
\nNo matter its truth or consequence\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJuly 2016<\/span>
\nWe fall short when we bond to the words of our teachers…<\/span>
\nAnd are blessed when we realize our heart’s desire…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJune 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Get your answers questioned here!<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMay 2016<\/span>
\nWords of love are just that– Until there is an other…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMay 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>To be learning from what we’ve always known\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nApril 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The love doesn’t die\u2026 ‘just keeps movin’ along…<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes just down the road to live with some other Jerk…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nMarch 2016<\/span>
\nI am not a writer… but a man that writes…
\nWhen I was younger– I was not a hole digger…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nFebruary 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Our holy self for goodness sake…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nFebruary 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The means justify the end\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJanuary 2016<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Only possible by chance–\u00a0Or not…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nDecember 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>We are more than we think…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nNovember 2015
\n<\/span>To not be understood\u2014 Is not to be confused…<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nNovember 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>When I’m up against the wall…<\/span>
\nI tend to get more soulful…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOctober 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Learning to Love and Loving to Learn…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nSeptember 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>People who know me less… seem to like me more…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

August 2015
\n<\/strong><\/span>Explaining– Sometimes seems argumentive\u2026 <\/span>
\n
\nMaybe before its time\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Or after…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

August 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I’ve done what I do best and learning from all the rest…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

July 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>If we could only realize value in the Intangible\u2026
\nWe could all be wealthy\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJuly 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I asked my Doctor if he ever thought of me at night…
\nHe said “no”… Hmmm– Maybe it was my Banker.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJuly 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The more we learn the less we know\u2026
\nThe less we know the more we learn\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJune 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>To know and navigate from our heart is promising\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMay 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>As a Local Food Grower–
\n“Wholesome” seems to be an\u00a0agreeable food grouping where one\u00a0is needed…
\nIt supposes our best efforts in a world that is…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMay 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Please don\u2019t take me seriously\u2026<\/span>
\nEspecially when I say– Don\u2019t take me seriously\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nApril 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Everything is in the eyes of the beholder\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nApril 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>If it’s not from the Heart– It’ll fall apart…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMarch 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>We tend to surrender away…<\/span>
\nWhat we don\u2019t realize we have…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMarch 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Living dreams that never come\u2026<\/span>
\nAnd not the names of roads they’re from\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nFebruary 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I am aware… that I think…
\nA wondrous twist in perspective…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nJanuary 2015<\/span>
\n<\/strong>We don’t get to know ’til we don’t…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nNovember 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Everybody is right… & Everybody is wrong…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nOctober 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The happier I become\u2026 the happier I use to be\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAugust 2014<\/span>
\nDon’t let your dreams get you down…
\nBy getting in your own way…<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

July 2014<\/span>
\n“Colossal Comforts” — For big-hinded men!..<\/span>
\n Fat Boy Fashions by Tracy Lea & Herby too\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\nJuly 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>While our stories are diverse and ever changing\u2026<\/span>
\nOur souls are one and always…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJune 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>My friend Diane tells me–<\/span>
\nThe more she knows me… the more she respects my wife…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nJune 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Many of my “successes” have been but flukes\u2026<\/span>
\nSo no more flukes is the plan…<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMay 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I find it best to postpone waiting…<\/span><\/p>\n

Otherwise it takes too long!..<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n


\nApril 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Humor is a funny thing…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Speaking your mind is revealing\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>February 2014<\/span>
\n<\/strong>When we argue with a\u00a0*metaphor—
\n<\/em>We’ll likely miss the point!<\/span>
\n \u00a0(*myth, *parable, *fable, *story, *each other)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>October 2013<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Many of my “freedoms”\u2026<\/span>
\nDepend on my ability to get away with it\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

September 2013<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Saying too much is likely to deceive\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>August 2013<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Wisdom can be clever… Clever can be wisdom…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>April 2013<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Living amongst the learning-curbs…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2013<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Believing is seeing\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>February 2013<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Make up a Life and go live it… Or others may do it for you…<\/span><\/p>\n

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December 2012<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Nonsense– An often appropriate response\u00a0or offering…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>November 2012<\/span>
\n<\/strong>There are things I know– but dare not tell myself…<\/span><\/p>\n

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October 2012<\/span>
\nMaking a quantum leap\u2026<\/span>
\n Again and again\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>October 2012<\/span>
\n<\/strong>When good people come together to do good things…<\/span>
\nWe so often do not weather the call…<\/span><\/p>\n

A questioning sub-mission…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>September 2012<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Please<\/del>\u00a0Respect Our Culture!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2012<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Just ignorant enough to be modest\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>February 2012<\/span>
\n<\/strong>It is far more costly to be poor than rich…<\/span>
\nMuch to do with the \u201cpowers-that-be\u201d…<\/span>
\nAnd our subordinance…<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes poor people need to make their own Justice…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>January 2012<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The little bit I am\u2026 is better than the whole lot I’m not\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>December 2011<\/span>
\n<\/strong>To say… or not to say– That’s a good question…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>September 2011<\/span>
\n<\/strong>If I expected perfection from my friends–<\/span>
\nI wouldn’t have any!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 2011<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Inarguably my perspective & contribution…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 2011<\/span>
\n<\/strong>When missing the mark–
\nWe usually have reasons…\u00a0<\/span>Seldom an excuse…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 2011<\/span>
\n<\/strong>To take on a \u201cnothing-to-lose\u201d path…
\nCan be but a jaunt…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>April 2011<\/span>
\n<\/strong>As a boy I would try to imagine myself old–<\/span>
\nNow I am trying to imagine myself young…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>November 2010<\/span>
\n<\/strong>History is forever…<\/span>
\nHow we look upon it may not be…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>October 2010<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Tell me the same-old story… Tell me the same-old story…<\/span>
\nThere are far fewer stories than ways they are told\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>August 2010<\/span>
\n<\/strong>‘No such thing as a “perfect” decision–<\/span>
\nBut only our best…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 2010<\/span>
\n<\/strong>A “lesser” solution practiced… is better than an “ideal” not!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2010<\/span>
\n<\/strong>My younger cohorts work so hard to become something…<\/span>
\nWhile on the other hand– I am something!<\/span><\/p>\n


\nMarch 2010<\/span>
\nBeyond Influence\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>February 2010<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Looking back– <\/span>
\nI can see my Dad younger than I am…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>January 2010<\/span>
\n<\/strong>It is often more difficult to come up with the question…<\/span>
\nThan the answer…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 2009<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Pointing out the flaws of others to get ahead–<\/span>
\nIs a good way to fall behind…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>November 2008<\/span>
\n<\/strong>On one hand we reach out to\u00a0promote and work for justice…\u00a0<\/span>
\nOn the other we live and do in spite of…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>July 2008<\/span>
\n<\/strong>As I become “less able”… We get more done…<\/span><\/p>\n

My Grandma once said to me– “Sometimes I lie awake all night…
\n<\/em>Just thinking of things for other people to do”…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>April 2008<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Never pass by an opportunity to be nurtured\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2008<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Input is always welcomed… sometimes taken!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>September 2007<\/span>
\n<\/strong>“Feeling like it”– <\/span>
\nSometimes happens after we begin…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>July 2007<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Oftentimes the best thing about an idea\u2026<\/span>
\nIs the idea that follows\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 2007<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Sometimes a lie is closer to the truth than the truth is…<\/span><\/p>\n

My good buddy Jim tells me he understands this…
\nbut is not sure if he trusts me with it!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2007<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The “Farm” of low expectations & Big Surprises…<\/span>
\n* From April ’99<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>November 2006<\/span>
\n<\/strong>One man\u2019s story is another\u2019s metaphor\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>October 2006<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I am just not smart enough to understand\u00a0all that I say and do!\u00a0<\/span>
\nYet I am advantaged by our wisdom…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>August 2006<\/span>
\n<\/strong>It is often said that we are only limited by our imaginations–<\/span>
\nFor me it\u2019s been my pocketbook!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 2006<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Self-importance is an illusion!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>December 2005<\/span>
\nIts not so much what we do– but how and why…<\/span><\/p>\n

Similar realizations;
\nIt\u2019s not how smart we are–. But how we are smart…
\nIt\u2019s not how hard we work–. But how we work hard…
\n<\/em>It\u2019s not how long we’ve been here– But how we’ve been here long…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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September 2005<\/span>
\nPretend you love me… I\u2019ll never know the difference\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 2005<\/span>
\n<\/strong>How can we know when those smart guys are lying to us?<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>October 2004<\/span>
\n<\/strong>So many possibilities–<\/span>
\nYet my feet just won’t go as fast as my head!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>September 2004<\/span>
\nThree-Fourths of pain is resistance…<\/span>
\nThis is just not a perfect place we live…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>July 2003
\n<\/span>If you are asking me? It’s best to know– <\/span>
\nI do not do prepared text…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 2003<\/span>
\nAt the end of every good idea… is a can of worms!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>December 2002<\/span>
\nA\u00a0\u201cFish Farming Expert\u201d ?.. ‘Mostly know of what I do\u2026 <\/span>
\nAnd learning more as the need arises\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>July 2002<\/span>
\nEveryone has something to say!\u00a0<\/span>
\nUsually influenced by their time & culture…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 2002<\/span>
\nIt\u2019s not that I had nothing to say… but only that I had more to do!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 2001<\/span>
\nThe Way of the Bullfrog–\u00a0Wearing my busyness on my sleeve\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>April 2001<\/span>
\nLike a dog eatin’ the welcome mat…<\/span>
\nOnce you’ve started to swallow you’re committed to finish!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2001<\/span>
\nFalse Hope is better than no Hope! <\/span>
\nIt’s gotten me through some pretty tough times!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>July 2000<\/span>
\n<\/strong>My good buddy tells me I need to get out of Dunn County\u00a0<\/span>
\nand travel more. While traveling may be good… and maybe<\/span>
\n I’ll do so one day… It would not be because I’m lacking–<\/span>
\nI’ve been deeper than he’s been far!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 2000<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Nothin’ gets decided ’til it’s done…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 2000<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Have you done this before? How did you learn all this?\u00a0<\/span>
\nGenerally– I will\u00a0hang out in the subject matter long enough
\nto <\/span>acquire the proper illusion that I know what I am doing…<\/span>
\nThen I go do it… And then learn some more…<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 2000<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Regarding the “Preservation of Character Society”…<\/span>
\nLike so many matters of the heart–. It is best left undefined…<\/span>
\nYet it somehow ‘seems necessary to talk about it!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 2000<\/span>
\n<\/strong>May your Love tickle the Cosmos…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>January 2000<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Regarding Living & Farming–<\/span>
\nIf you can’t get down and dirty with Friends…<\/span>
\nWho can you?..\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>It’s all about relationships!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>December 1999
\nOn the serendipitous pursuit of opportunity\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Soul Proprietor Run\u2026<\/span><\/em>
\n Community Owned and Supported\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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November 1999<\/span>
\n<\/strong>To make a short story long…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>September 1999<\/span>
\nNothing is forever… Temporary can be a long time…<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 1999<\/span>
\nIf you are at the Bullfrog Fish Farm…<\/span>
\nYou gotta be in Dunn County, Wisconsin!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>July 1999<\/span>
\n<\/strong>We work part-time but it takes all day…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 1999<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Proud & Talented Misfits Wanted<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>April 1999<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The meal of low expectations & Big Surprises….<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>December 1998<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Each year I almost make it at a higher level…<\/span>
\nIf it weren’t for money \u2014 I’d be a rich man!”<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>September 1997<\/span>
\nTo be a\u00a0Master of Meaningful B*llsh*t\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1997<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Moment in history<\/a><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>September 1996<\/span>
\nThere are folks from uptown that believe I\u2019m an eccentric\u2026\u00a0<\/span>
\nMy neighbors just call me a kook!<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>July 1996<\/span>
\nRural Culture– It is as if we are adopting babies from the bath water…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>May 1996<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Young \u201calternative\u201d learners– <\/span>
\nGrow up to be \u201calternative\u201d doers…<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 1994<\/span>
\nAssured & Ponded<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>June 1988<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Our passion as a child is our genius as an adult…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>March 1987<\/span>
\n<\/strong>In an absurd world\u2026<\/span>
\nIt seems there is nothing more real than raising a fish!<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Hindsight & Notes Found —<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Preservation<\/h5>\n


\n1986<\/span>
\nI would never do business with someone like me–
\nI’m way too cheap!\u00a0…unless it\u2019d be enjoyable!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1985<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The more gods I kill…\u00a0<\/span>The closer I seem to be…
\nThanks be to “God”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1984<\/span>
\nAs much as I enjoy Public Radio\u2014 I limit my listening\u2026<\/span>
\nOr I find myself parroting things I know nothing about\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1980<\/span>
\nI use to pray that I wouldn’t be so poor…<\/span>
\nBut all I got was use to it.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1980<\/span>
\nLike a lost dog scrappin’ to find its way home…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1979<\/span>
\nHomemade Relatives…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1979<\/span>
\nWe do work for bread to eat… Buys us soap to wash our feet…<\/span>
\n The Bullfrog Business– Dunn Township
\n“No jobs too small… Some jobs too big!”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

* Ten, hundred-dollar-per-month, ideas…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1978<\/span>
\nBullfrog Springs Community<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1974<\/span>
\nThere’s but a fine line between funk & junk…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1972<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Love comes and goes with little to do about it…<\/span>
\nBut in how I let what comes and goes– I have everything.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1972<\/span>
\nWith the aching beauty of life changing\u2026\u00a0<\/span>I feel like\u2026
\nwith hopes of… enough to lie down in…\u00a0 And then to be
\nwakened\u00a0<\/span>by the miracle of myself in moments shaving\u2026<\/span>
\nEdited by a\u00a0laughing\u00a0ugly man\u2026 Evan Epert– RIP<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1971<\/span>
\nSometimes when I’m feeling damned…<\/span>
\nI’m actually being blessed…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1971<\/span>
\nTo experience my experiences makes good sense\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n1971<\/span>
\n<\/strong>In sharing we come together…<\/span>
\nIn coming together we are family…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n1970<\/span>
\nMy\u00a0ability to not take \u201cNO\u201d for an answer\u2026<\/span>
\nIs a gift from my Ma.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n1969<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Some of us are born into the \u201cStatus Quo\u201d…<\/span>
\nAnd others not so much\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1969<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Who are we and what on earth are we doing?<\/span><\/p>\n

Remembering…
\n<\/em>My Ma– “Herbert Harry- What on earth do you think you are doing?”\u00a0<\/em><\/span>
\nMy Dad– “Who the h*ll do you think you are?”\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1968<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I quit school in the 8th grade…\u00a0<\/span>but kept going ’til I graduated…<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1966<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I’d rather go through life wanting something I don’t have…<\/span>
\nthan having something I don’t want….<\/span><\/p>\n

I remember asking my Grandpa’s Friend… why he never got married…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>1958<\/span>
\n<\/strong>If Tippy can’t go… I’m not going either!<\/span><\/p>\n

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