#hive-170744Unmoderated tagAll postsTrendingHotNewPromotedPayoutsdefinethedollar in #hive-170744 • last monthA Reflection on Male Role ModelsI suppose the beginning is the natural place to start. For me the words "father" and "dad" are not synonymous. My father was a seventeen year-olborderline.babe in #hive-170744 • 4 months agoDo Not Let Your Flame Die"One well was still burning. Nobody had been able to extinguish it. She had seen it from the streets: a spurt of fire twisting convulsively against the sky, as if trying to tear…borderline.babe in #hive-170744 • 4 months agoThe Fire that can ConsumeWhen we write about our fire, we often discuss it in the context of a soft candle: quietly burning until we call upon it to give us strength when necessary. But recently, I wrote…dbooster in #hive-170744 • 4 months agoEndless Song, Fleeting Spring ~ Haiku of JapanThe skylark’s song, like spring itself, feels both joyful and fleeting. Bashō caught that tension in this haiku — one that’s easy to read, but harder to forget. 永き日も囀り足らぬひばり哉…dbooster in #hive-170744 • 2 months agoAutumn Eyes ~ Haiku of Japan Autumn in Japan does not arrive all at once—it steals in quietly at night, when even the stars seem to open different eyes. 星既に秋の眼をひらきけり hoshi sude ni aki no manako wo…dbooster in #hive-170744 • 2 months agoAutumn at the Shrine ~ Original Haiku Autumns can be magical in Japan, especially in places thick with Japanese maples, which turn a deep blazing red. Shrines, too, carry an otherworldly air with their quiet grounds…dbooster in #hive-170744 • 2 months agoWhat Has He Got in His Nasty Pocketses? Last night I read the chapter in The Hobbit that features the first appearance of The Ring: when Bilbo is lost indbooster in #hive-170744 • last monthWhy You Should Vote for the Return Proposal — Right NowEvery few months I like to write a reminder about something that tends to slip off people’s radar: the DHF proposals and tdbooster in #hive-170744 • last monthThis Parrot Is No More! (But I Digress) I was thinking today about Monty Python’s Dead Parrot sketch. You know the one — the one where John Cleese, as the furious cdbooster in #hive-170744 • 2 months agoSeeing Through the Cracks: Zazen and the Filters of Reality In yesterday’s postdbooster in #hive-170744 • last monthA Past Worth Having I just came across a great quote from Terry Pratchett on YouTube: “There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can…dbooster in #hive-170744 • 3 months agoBreathe A few days ago, I wrote a post talking about the Zen in John Lennon’s old line, “Life is what happens when you’re making other plans”. If you missed it, go read it here.dbooster in #hive-170744 • 2 months agoThe Trolley Problem I’m sure most of you are familiar with the trolley problem. It’s fairly famous in our cultural imagination by now, so even if you think you aren’t aware of it, I bet it will sound familiar.dbooster in #hive-170744 • 3 months agoWill Superintelligent AI Be Moral?We are all aware of the big fear: that as soon as AI reaches the level of superintelligence, it will view humans, at best, as ants toborderline.babe in #hive-170744 • 4 months agoMy Burning Desire of Hope Will Not be SmotheredIt was one year ago that we lost our baby; one year ago that I had a child we would never meet... Howborderline.babe in #hive-170744 • 2 months agoPut Another Log on the Fire...**(Source: Image byancnoticias in #hive-170744 • last monthNo hard feelings after 18 yearsSourcetreasuree in #hive-170744 • 4 months agoFueling The Fire Through The Storm.I currently have two kids that I am struggling to provide their needs, including my own needs, it is a struggle because I only have HIVE to settle what ever bills I have got …treasuree in #hive-170744 • 2 months agoThe Weight Of Choices.*You know there are some moments when so many thoughts just keeps rushing into my head, and then I find myself sitting still and just staring into space and wondering how best I…treasuree in #hive-170744 • 3 months agoMy First Experience with LiceYesterday, while just laying down in the room, I suddenly felt something strange crawling on my face, at first, I brushed it off and even killed a big insect without giving it…
