Writings in the Sand (Book)

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by nordicnoirMail Icon
Rated: 13+ · Book · Entertainment · #2199980

Thoughts destined to be washed away by the tides of life.

I've been studying my cover photo for a while now, and it seems to me that it is more than just a photo of what is there that can be seen, more than just three white rocks stacked on a beach. It contains an important question about the future, about what happens long after the photographer has gone. What will happen to our pile of stones when the tide comes in? Will it topple or has the architect built this structure at a safe distance?

I don't know what will happen to these words that I stack here on the sand. They may prove safely distant, or they may be swallowed up by a rush of self-doubt. They may be here for a season. They may lose their balance and be scattered by the shoreline, or be hidden away under shifting sands. Perhaps someday, the tides of life will reclaim them.

Or maybe that's just a bunch of poetic, romantic nonsense. After all, this is just a blog.




#220. Screen Doors
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#219. A Second Bathroom Is Not Always The Answer
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#218. Guidance
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#217. En Fait, it's a total fail
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#216. Social Mediocrity
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#215. Unmerited
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#214. Pressure
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#213. Jimmy Kimmel - Ish Kabibble*
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#212. Smells Like Science
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#211. AI has no fingers, so it can't knit or crochet
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#210. The Isosceles Feather
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#209. Thoughts about Rome
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#208. Are You a Future YouTube Star?
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#207. Rainy Days, Memories and a Cup of Tea
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#206. Eggs-amine Life
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#205. It's Enough to Keep You Awake at Night
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#204. April Snow
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#203. The Universe and other empty things
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#202. Just whistlin' and lookin' at the ceiling.
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#201. Catching Up
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#200. Some Bluegrass Now and Then
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#199. Jurassic Kitty
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#198. Ned Gets Stuffed
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#197. Just Lucky
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#196. I Don't Love Spring
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#195. Rationally Speaking
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#194. Sparrows
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#193. Keep Boldly Going
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#192. The Rise of the Machines
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#191. I wonder what I bought...
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#190. Lwaxana Troi Was Not a Bimbo
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#189. Beware
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#188. Bigfootin' in Ohio
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#187. Hidden
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#186. Nostalgia
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#185. Save your minutes, save your hours & when you have a day...
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#184. Things that make you go hmmm...
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#183. From the Desk of...
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#182. Unnecessary Sharing Belongs on Facebook
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#181. Misfit
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#180. Doubt 2
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#179. Raccoons are Wiseguys
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#178. Meeting Expectations
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#177. Brrr
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#176. Inspirationary
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#175. Random uninteresting details
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#174. "As You Like It" or, "A Short Blog Post"
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#173. Another bad-tempered rant as I resist the inevitable
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#172. I didn't mean to do it
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#171. Coffee for Rent?
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#170. Continuity
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#169. A Change in the Air
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#168. Maybe there are only so many faces to go around...
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#167. Gearing Up
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#166. Just Wasting Time
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#165. Now, Sea Here!
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#164. Wednesday
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#163. I Gotta Screw Loose
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#162. Unknown Poetry
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#161. Buying Happiness
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#160. Situational Ethics
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#159. About Hate
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#158. When Nature Needs Help
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#157. Missing the Party
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#156. Zapping a Snack
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#155. It's a Wrap
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#154. Of Cows and Cockroaches
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#153. If I close my eyes, you can't see me...
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#152. Silence at 5am
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#151. Scud to school
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#150. Listening in Vain
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#149. Mars on my mind...
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#148. August makes me tired
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#147. Read the Menu
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#146. The Cloistered Life
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#145. Confidence
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#144. Things That Bug Me
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#143. You're Doing That Wrong
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#142. Fossil Fuels? Maybe not
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#141. Waiting for the Sun
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#140. You're not allowed to play in my yard
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#139. Retroactive Resentment
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#138. Benjamin Franklin was a Flasher
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#137. Thoughts While Falling
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#136. Read the Manual
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#135. Where or When?
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#134. Into the Valley of Rudy
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#133. They're Coming To Take Me Away - Ha, Ha!
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#132. Hiding in Plain Sight
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#131. What Your Cat's Behavior Really Means
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#130. Stardust
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#129. Good Day Sunshine
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#128. Something Suggestive
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#127. Triangular Ducks
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#126. Sunblock for Everyone!
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#125. Happy Birthday, Will!
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#124. Indignity
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#123. Writing a Check
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#122. April is the Cruellest Month
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#121. In Dreams
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