Daily Archives: September 30, 2017

Swimming in Happiness

This week I learned that “[Puerto Rico] is an island surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water.” Now that we have defined “island” and disparagingly identified the specific size and body type of water surrounding Puerto Rico, perhaps we can … Continue reading

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Incomplete Happiness

Lightning strikes! A branch severed. Suddenly, dramatically, what appeared to be whole, is not. Yet I still see a tree, and a branch. Is it the suddenness that detracts from its essence? Or is its essence truly and irretrievably lost? … Continue reading

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