PROLOGUE TO A NOIR HAUNTED HOUSE My vaunted journalism professor insisted that we read H.L. Mencken for our education in media and culture before inflicting ourselves on society. And for our journalistic ethics. There was still such a thing in those days. In fact Prof. Nathaniel Blumberg had just won some awards for his coverage of the Chicago protests in 1968. I wasn't paying much attention so I didn't know that H.L. Mencken had started a magazine in 1920 called "Black Mask" to feature works that were "the best stories available of adventure, the best mystery and detective stories, the best romances, the best love stories, and the best stories of the occult." The dime paperbacks of those authors populated libraries and kitchen tables for quite some time. CEDAR CHEST IN THE BASEMENT. FIRST SIGHTING OF GRIMNIR Mom's Maytag ringer washer circa 1952 was by the basement floor drain. My errant ways meant she had to take me down the stair...
I'm adding George S. Patton to my presentation of New Thought leaders. His faith was born of experience with memory and purpose. Past lives were accepted as a given. He saw his purpose as a continuation of what he had done before. Mission does not end when there is purpose in a continuation. Destiny and Fate are permutations of what one has as a given duty and what one does to take action on that duty. Conditions, luck, and resolve are situations of faith. A profound faith that is not limited by opinions or dogma or how one is expected to think. The clear distinction between Orlog and Wyrd as representing Fate and Desiny (respectivley) is something I've tried to clarify, but I owe this representation to Robert Blumetti. Orlog is the fate you are given by generational and civilizational past actions. Wyrd is the web you weave within that fate to form a destiny of your own choice and effort. My father was visited by...
This Corner Field There are communities on social media that call themselves 'this corner' as in "On this corner of Twitter....." I'm too long-winded for 280 characters or other restrictions. Writing concisely has skill development potential but it also limits depth of presentation. I usually come close to saying what I intend but need a few more words. Thus this blog of short essays. Any corner must expand market, influence, and nurturance into a natural wild or cultivated field. The corner is the domain or domicile. The customers must come from the prosperous citizens of the surrounding region. Ma & Pa's Second Hand Store on the corner of Higgins and Alder in Missoula, Montana. It was a commercial and cultural landmark for 20 years. Still remembered today by the locals and some world travelers. Lower left is Flathead Lake at Mulligan Bay on Finley Point. The dock would be completely destroyed by storms every five years...
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