Author Archives: d4vid

Misnomer

Posted on March 5, 2018 by d4vid

Safely crossing over the Rocky Mountains despite the falling snow, I stopped for the night in the town of Idaho Falls, Colorado (which just seems intentionally confusing.) The balcony off the back of my room looked out across a small … Continue reading →

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Vale

Posted on March 5, 2018 by d4vid

I love the Alpine ski lodge aesthetic, but Vale seems to suffer the same problem that the Grand Californian hotel at Disneyland does:  it’s a lodge aesthetic metastasized to a monstrous scale.

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Mysterious

Posted on March 5, 2018 by d4vid

I woke up to find this strange substance frosting over the top of my car.  Never seen anything like it.  Not sure if this frosting has a name, so I’ve decided to call it “morning sparkles”!

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Lolita

Posted on March 5, 2018 by d4vid

Driving across country always makes me think of the American Odyssey aspect of Lolita.

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Fractal

Posted on March 5, 2018 by d4vid

Just realized that going up and over the Grapevine into the Central Valley is the California analog of going up and over the Rocky Mountains into the Great Plains.

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Eastbound

Posted on March 5, 2018 by d4vid

I’m heading eastward to see some friends & family, visit some great American sites I’ve never visited before, and to do a little genealogical research along the way.

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Ikigai

Posted on February 24, 2018 by d4vid

I’m astonished I’ve never run into this Japanese word before:  ikigai.

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Escape

Posted on February 17, 2018 by d4vid

The more I think about it, the more I believe that there is always a choice.  A choice between escape and reality. Escape can take many, many different forms, but reality is the thing that won’t go away.

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Career

Posted on February 16, 2018 by d4vid
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Underestimated

Posted on February 2, 2018 by d4vid

I found this Note on my phone from the morning after my father passed away. I think I grossly underestimated the amount of things we were going to have to do.

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Gibbous

Posted on January 28, 2018 by d4vid

At my father’s memorial gathering, I was struck by the view of the moon over the apartment building next door from the Young family home.

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Duties

Posted on January 28, 2018 by d4vid

From Hamlet Act I scene ii: “‘Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father; But you must know, your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his, and the survivors bound … Continue reading →

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Buckaroo

Posted on January 28, 2018 by d4vid

At the end of the Young family memorial gathering for my father, my Aunt Barbara, Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Andrea and her husband got up to play & sing this song.  They said that “My Little Buckaroo” was a lullabye that … Continue reading →

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Ashes

Posted on January 28, 2018 by d4vid

Per my father’s wishes.  A beautiful spot, in view of the Hollywood sign and, in the other direction, looking out across L.A. to the Pacific. The family wore Aloha shirts in homage to him.  Just for the day, I wore … Continue reading →

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Enantiodromia

Posted on January 20, 2018 by d4vid

I’ve been studying the Daoists recently and it’s gotten me thinking a lot about enantiodromia:  the tendency of things to become their opposites.

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