Monthly Archives: May 2014

Reciprocal Maintenance

Posted on May 23, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Over the years, I’ve come across a lot of different ideas that seemed strange at the time, only to be confirmed by other peoples’ observations and writings. Gurdjieff was one such individual whose work made me sit up and take … Continue reading →

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Family Reunion

Posted on May 18, 2014 by cdsmiller17

  Too Many Years I’d been waiting at the depot for the Sudbury bus To meet my real dad, years ago: He’d answered my letter to meet this one time And I felt there was so much to know. But … Continue reading →

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The Long Goodbye

Posted on May 18, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Saying goodbye is not easy to do, especially when you’ve had a deep emotional connection to someone. But all things must pass, and waiting for no man is…   Time and Tide To cry myself to sleep again last night … Continue reading →

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Rustic Reminder

Posted on May 18, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In the late 80’s I lived in Ascot, UK, very close to the racecourse. One evening, I went for a walk as the sun was setting. It didn’t take long for the road to become dark since there were no … Continue reading →

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Smile

Posted on May 16, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Smile A picture is not worth a thousand pounds Because a price cannot be put on thoughts: Lost souls we are, compared to happy sounds Abounding in the past. (If we drew lots So that the one who holds the … Continue reading →

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My Wife

Posted on May 16, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In May 2010, Susan and I married. As we’d both been through marriages and other relationships before, most people would say that this act was one of ‘hope overcoming experience’. That would be true if we’d met in our later … Continue reading →

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Sisters

Posted on May 15, 2014 by cdsmiller17

When children grow up together, there’s a constant battle going on for attention, supremacy, and individuality. It was the same in the Miller household when our girls were young. However, I had hoped that when they grew up this would … Continue reading →

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My Hairdresser

Posted on May 14, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In England, I went to the same hairdresser for almost the whole time I lived there. Some days she would do the small talk routine, most days she wouldn’t. It seemed to me that the lack of discussion meant that … Continue reading →

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Winkin’, Blinkin’ and Nod

Posted on May 14, 2014 by cdsmiller17

In the history of mankind, there is only one thing that is the same for everyone: the need to sleep. When we were young, our mothers sang us lullabies to help us get there. Here’s a poem I wrote for … Continue reading →

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Samaritans

Posted on May 13, 2014 by cdsmiller17

For almost two years, I volunteered as a Samaritan. http://www.samaritans.org/ The one thing I noticed was that most volunteers became two-faced after being exposed to the types of people who called to add a little excitement in their lives. The … Continue reading →

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