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a time for getting sticks together

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Michael Patton

“Wow!” That’s what I said when I first heard the story of The Bundle of Sticks back in 1964, at the age of nine. “Wow!” was the sound of my little mind expanding. For those who don’t know this fable, … Continue reading →

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fable of the man who saw his education in a night of dreams

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Michael Patton

While walking a winding path through a dense dark forest, the hero of our story awoke… …to discover he’d only been dreaming.  No, he was actually climbing up a steep rocky mountain, the peak hidden in the clouds high above. … Continue reading →

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Fable of the Monkey King

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Michael Patton

author’s note: Halloween—a good time to show our shadows. THE MONKEY KING Wishing to express his secret self on Halloween the man of aspiration planned to go to the party dressed as a warrior or a king or a warrior-king … Continue reading →

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the upside of down

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Michael Patton

While reading Stephen Goldblatt’s The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve… …a certain passage struck me like a hammer hitting a gong. Not a little gong and not a little hammer—a big hammer on one of those big temple … Continue reading →

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