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Conservation of energy II
Choose to have a good day. Once, years ago, while I still had my own place in Barclay , I had to go to the Department of Social Services...
timothyharleywright
May 10, 20192 min read
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“Oh Girl”
I included this song in the William Tell Show playlist because it never fails to move me. I think it may be one of the saddest songs...
timothyharleywright
May 3, 20191 min read
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Keep it simple
Came across this FB post from 2017: Rachel Dolezal struggles after racial identity scandal, writes a book about it As to her immediate...
timothyharleywright
Apr 26, 20192 min read
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Shifting gears
It’s time for me to spend a lot more time looking for housing, and a lot less time on this blog.Customarily, I’ve posted three times a...
timothyharleywright
Mar 29, 20191 min read
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The Bogeyman
The fact that you’re afraid of it doesn’t mean it exists. If you stand in a brightly-lit room, and look into a dark room, you won’t be...
timothyharleywright
Mar 8, 20194 min read
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What can I do for myself today?
Notice how I avoid the question. Choose the best * This will assure one’s greatest happiness in the long run. But what if the best is...
timothyharleywright
Feb 15, 20197 min read
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A better life for me
The best I can do for them, is to do the best I can for me. The last post, “ Dwight C. Wells ,” sent me into a hell of a funk. The black...
timothyharleywright
Feb 8, 20193 min read
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Move into a better neighborhood
You can live in a nice house in a safe neighborhood NOW if you make it that way. It’s not about physical relocation, but spiritual. This...
timothyharleywright
Jan 25, 20197 min read
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The wrong place at the wrong time? Don’t go there.
My bud showed up at the mission with two black eyes and a broken leg. Said he’d been at the wrong place at the wrong time. I said, “Dude,...
timothyharleywright
Jan 18, 20192 min read
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Hope for black America
A better life is available to you. If you want it, and will work for it, you can have it. I will recite that often on The William Tell...
timothyharleywright
Dec 28, 20182 min read
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Writing and discipline
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 I don’t write easy things. Sometimes I can’t tell the story but from a state of emotional upset, and I may balk...
timothyharleywright
Oct 12, 20183 min read
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Balances
You CAN get too much of a good thing. ANY good thing, apparently. There is one exception. Balance in body chemistry The doctor’s office...
timothyharleywright
Aug 5, 20186 min read
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Accepting revulsion 3: (I don’t know what to say.)
March 31, 2018 When I attend enough to becoming upwardly mobile myself, I often find myself looking down on the men around me now. I...
timothyharleywright
Jul 27, 20181 min read
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Blinded by the light
Why is this man smiling? Personal affinities and personal aversions mystify me. Why are certain men attracted to certain women, and not...
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Jul 1, 20182 min read
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Hopes vs. expectations
I have been wary of telling this, because the thing hinges on an abstraction that not everyone may be in a position to grasp. But in...
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Jun 8, 20182 min read
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My hope is built
I may no longer believe a word they say, but I can take great comfort in the hymns I learned in childhood. My hope is built on nothing...
timothyharleywright
May 13, 20184 min read
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Jackson Beck: Hero and role model
Here’s a name you’ve never heard of. I didn’t know it, or remember it, either, until I started research for a couple forthcoming posts....
timothyharleywright
Mar 2, 20182 min read
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Beans and rice
Trump’s Budget Would Partly Replace Food Stamp Benefits With Canned Goods I respond to the first paragraph only. Nothing else. The first...
timothyharleywright
Feb 18, 20181 min read
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The Request of James and John, part 2
“I never met a man I didn’t like.” — Will Rogers Will Rogers must have had an exceptionally bright aura. Turns out pretty much all the...
timothyharleywright
Feb 9, 20182 min read
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Conclusion
Racism is principally an excuse some people use to continue to choose to fail. Racism is principally an excuse I use to continue to...
timothyharleywright
Jan 12, 20181 min read
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