Month: September 2009

My Smoothest Path by oysteronahalfshellSeptember 4, 2009September 9, 2009

Back to Coconuts, Santol and Rambutan

I felt so guilty when my four year old spat out the coconut I had so diligently scooped out of its coconut shell. You mean I have never given her coconut from a shell? “I don’t like it Mommy” and she casually pronounced my dearest coconut distasteful. How can any kid not like coconut? Especially […]

Balance by oysteronahalfshellSeptember 4, 2009June 17, 2013

Deaf Became Dumb

I was in conversation with a man I barely knew. He had so much to say. And yet, I can barely remember. All I recall are the things I said and the chatter in my head, as I fashioned my next remark and displayed my prowess. Which leads me to today. I feel sad, regretful, […]

Spirit by oysteronahalfshellSeptember 4, 2009September 9, 2009

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I find that I am birthing myself anew. Living quite a different life, being quite a different person, and emerging from a cocoon, as though someone else. I have left the shelter that has sheathed me and have set off, with new colors, even totting wings. But I still certainly have that hint of myself, […]

Balance by oysteronahalfshellSeptember 4, 2009September 9, 2009

Doubting Thomas

Did you know that cynicism was originally the philosophy of Cynics, ancient Greeks who rejected all conventions (religion, etiquette, dress, etc.) and advocated the pursuit of virtue in a simple lifestyle. I’m wondering what happened between virtue of the 4th century and today, when cynicism has become a distrust of anything that extols virtue, especially […]