When I lived in Chile…
When I lived in Chile in the late 70’s… …there was a constant string of processions to the cemetery in winter. Poorly heated houses, old people, mediocre medical facilities. Colds and flu and pneumonia in the...
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Adamcik
Walking away from the news..
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 29, 2022 | Modern culture, Notes, Search | 0 |
Somewhere in my distant past I disavowed consumer culture. Pretty easy. I wasn’t into material things anyway. Later, I left behind a lot of what passes for food today. Since our affinities for salt, sugar and fat are...
Read MoreThinking about death at the moment…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 27, 2022 | Admin, Death, Happiness, Human Nature, Mortality, Significance, The self | 0 |
…and also birth, the two truly existential experiences in the life of each of us. Existential, in fact, by definition. Interesting that we obsess about the end of our existence, yet seldom give its beginning a second...
Read MoreWindows…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 25, 2022 | Human Nature, Notes | 0 |
…no, not the software. I’m thinking of the instantaneous micro-slice you get of someone’s life as you pass them on the street, as they ride by on a bike, or speed by in a car. Behind that tiny glimpse is a...
Read MoreWhich way is North?
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 12, 2022 | Admin, Notes, Self-image, The self, Values | 0 |
After watching the social and political theater of the last half-dozen years, I’ve decided an easy way to characterize people is by their moral compass: Do they appear to have one, and if so, what is their North Star? This...
Read MoreI was talking to a friend about choices…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 5, 2022 | Admin, Contentment, Happiness, Modern culture, Notes, Search, Self-image | 0 |
…specifically, how modern commerce and Madison Avenue have assured that we have too many. That’s not their intent. They just want to sell, and pseudo-innovation is a company’s way of competing, albeit a questionable...
Read MoreI’ve got a childhood friend…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Dec 22, 2021 | Admin, Change, Human Nature, Notes | 2 |
… I never ask out to play anymore. But he waits, sleeping under the stairs, armed and ready for cowboys and Indians, outfitted for camping in a cardboard box, rod at the ready in case we go fishing…all the things...
Read MoreOne of the problems of becoming who are…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Dec 12, 2021 | Admin, Blog, Change, Contentment, Happiness, Human Nature, Notes, Self-image, The self | 0 |
…is that we too easily forget who we once were. As we grow and develop–either intellectually or emotionally–we lose (or simply fail to exercise) the ability to remember that we are not the individual we were...
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