Beyond Cuckoo

Flip Flops and Time

In the beginning–only flip flops and time.

Crude sandals to protect and preserve.

Long days: sandy beaches, gravelly river banks or deserts—

grow tribes, families, towns, countries.

In the beginning—only flip flops and time.

Youthful love; splashed with the wet of creation.

Long years: children, migrations, settlements and peace—

grow governments, wealth, boundaries and scuffle.

In the beginning—only flip flops and time.

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Project Unconditional

Wikipedia puts it like this:

Unconditional love is known as affection without any limitations, it can also be love without conditions. This term is sometimes associated with other terms such as true altruism, or complete love. Each area of expertise has a certain way of describing unconditional love, but most will agree that it is that ...

Sew What?

Carole King’s blockbuster album, “Tapestry” accompanied me home from work today. I rocked to “I Feel the Earth Move” and soon after teared-up with “You’ve Got a Friend”. When Carol wrote these songs, she was in transition. Her marriage had broken up with Gerry Goffin and friends were hard to come by. In the more ...