Riparian ChurchBloghttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012-05-31T09:58:59ZSquarespaceDark Spaceshttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/31/dark-spaces.htmlOtter2012-05-31T08:39:58Z2012-05-31T08:39:58ZCommunicationhttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/communication.htmlOtter2012-05-30T22:37:45Z2012-05-30T22:37:45ZThey Say of the Acropolis Where The Parthenon Is....http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/they-say-of-the-acropolis-where-the-parthenon-is.htmlOtter2012-05-30T22:30:52Z2012-05-30T22:30:52ZThe Otter Looks Askance At The '70's Vibe That Got Into His iTuneshttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/the-otter-looks-askance-at-the-70s-vibe-that-got-into-his-it.htmlOtter2012-05-30T20:15:26Z2012-05-30T20:15:26ZDylanhttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/dylan.htmlOtter2012-05-30T19:10:20Z2012-05-30T19:10:20ZTie-Dyehttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/tie-dye.htmlOtter2012-05-30T14:27:53Z2012-05-30T14:27:53ZLimerence Journal: May 30http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/limerence-journal-may-30.htmlOtter2012-05-30T11:27:00Z2012-05-30T11:27:00ZShe wakes me every morning, does Limerence.  She’s not like a lover: more like one of those obscure magical perpetually chaste maidens in the medieval Welsh and Provençal King Arthur romances, constantly narrating my day, redirecting me, retelling and interpreting the past, foretelling the future, weaving dreams about a terrible and dreadful present that I can’t control.

The knights who draw these chicks for their companions invariably are strong silent milquetoasts who do her bidding without question and accept her judgments without argument.  I try to raise the bar a bit.

How we feel tells us something powerful about who we are.  What we do with that is our choice.

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Uptown New Orleans: May 29, 2012

“You can be lonely with people, and at home in your solitude; the people that stay closest in your heart are the ones who share the solitude without obliterating it; who are company that doesn’t make you lonely…” ]]>Sherlock and Dr. Pinkyhttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/29/sherlock-and-dr-pinky.htmlOtter2012-05-29T23:00:24Z2012-05-29T23:00:24ZMy daughter, the Nightmare Child, who is in my opinion the coolest person in the universe, forwards me this with the words, “Oh, dear lord…” ]]>