The Hangman’s Children

By Eric Le Roy

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The universe was once a black hole so small that not even a microscope would have detected it. If my feeble grasp of science is right on this one, then it makes it all the more amazing when that cacophonous “Who Let the Dogs Out? moment occurred. All hell broke loose, literally and metaphorically. Night and nothingness made way for light and somethingness.

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Among School Children

Content 18 + (published as is, blog owner may have different opinion from the author; author expresses his philosophical opinion on the subject and has no intention on insulting anyone) As I was sitting around one early morning slurping down my second transfusion of coffee and draped by the still unfurled curtains of my ‘brown study’ — the birdsong of the Bulgarian village chattering away beyond my balcony — I … Read the rest

What There Isn’t Is What There Is

Content advisory 18+ There is a song called “The Boxer” by a once-famous duo (and deservedly so) in America known as Simon & Garfunkel. One line goes as follows: “… Still, a man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest.” Another valuable (for me) insight is provided by William Blake: “The eye, altering, alters all” — the beautiful language of which can be a bit confusing until … Read the rest