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Flash Fiction
Agnostic cliches and indiscreet metaphors by LJ Frank; Escape to love – Paris, Marseille & The Hague; Three Days Later by L J Frank; Port-au-Prince, the spirit of Voudou and the ritual of the human heart by L J Frank; Arrival by L J Frank; Departure by L J Frank; A Post-Modern Existence? by L J Frank; Do you think they know about us? by L J Frank; The other Film by L J Frank; An awareness in the abstract by L J Frank; Eye See and the Coalition of Believers by L J Frank; Differing Shapes of Ego by L J Frank; Emotionally Available by L J Frank; An Architectural Psychiatrist – The Existentialism of Design by L J Frank; The very thought of you by L J Frank; A Psychiatrist, a Senator’s Wife and a Stranger by L J Frank; The lady with aviator sunglasses and a black wool floppy brim fedora hat by L J Frank; New Orleans – some realities may best be left for the imagination by L J Frank; Nuances of Paranoia by L J Frank; The Gentrified Wharf and a Kiss – a story with no moral by L J Frank; Serendipity, North Texas and the Republic of Amarillo by L J Frank; The Fragrance Therapist by L J Frank; Entrapped – The Urban Library by L J Frank
Guest Column (most recent listed first)
My Affair with New Orleans by Barbara Thoulion
Remember the words of Robert Kennedy by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
From ‘Me’ to ‘We’ by Hilary Bowring
Terperized: The essence of Education by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
‘Me Too’: A chance to heal our wounding from Patriarchy around sex and intimacy, by Hilary Bowring
Observations of Southern Africa by Elizabeth Szekeres
The Case for Meditation and Chanting OM by Hilary Bowring
Breaking Free of Patriarchy, Part 1 of 3, by Hilary Bowring
Patriarchy, a perspective by Hilary Bowring
The Opioid Scene, An American Tragedy by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
The Rise of Nationalism and the Threat to our Planet Earth by Elizabeth Szerkeres
The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn, Author & Lecturer
A Tantric Viewpoint: Living Together vs Marriage by Uriél Dana
Newfoundland Circumnavigation by Elizabeth Szekeres
There must be some mistake-closing thoughts by Mary Bryant
Women in Prison by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
Remember US by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN. CLNC
Through the Looking-Glass by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen
THE CANNABIS NURSE by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
The Idea of Paris by Mary Bryant
So much has changed for me by Michelle Reynolds (transgender)
#MeToo and all are included by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
The Failing of a Presidency, an American Fault by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
To live a few moments longer by Mary Bryant
Terpenes and Cannabis by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
The Resurrection of the Baby Boomer by Sue Degregorio-Rosen, RN,CLNC
Three brown men, a petite, old white lady and a flat tire by Mary Bryant
I’d rather be driving by Mary Bryant
Sweet Sounds of the Road by Mary Bryant
David and the Stendhal syndrome by Mary Bryant
The Unsung Highway by Mary Bryant
In response to a query, by Sheree Johnson, founder and Director Gestalt Ann Arbor
A perspective on reality by Audrey Leamon (philosophy)
The Miracle of Learning & the Seasons of Change by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
ZIKA – Are We So Willing To Sacrifice Our Children? By Sue De Gregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
It’s My Pleasure by Randi Sloane, actress
An Artist’s thoughts about her work by Patricia Oblack
Paranormal Romance by Vanessa Wester
Inquiries(LJ Frank)
The “authorities” never call ahead…the institutionalization of fear; America, while looking the other way: Impoverished: The loss of dignity and hope; In-Between; Jottings from Panama City, Panama; A Philosophy of Glaucoma and the Edge of Seeing; An inquiry into the significance of a misplaced wristwatch; Ghostwriting, Memory and Bach’s Air on G String (Suite no. 3) Selective Memory and the Rolling Stones; A reflection on monogamy, non-monogamy and intimacy, 2nd edition; Facing your face, the facsimile in the mirror; Tell her I am leaving now – an experience; Reflections on Emigration, Immigration and Memory; Disarming textures of pro-life; An Evening at a Casino; The journey as the destination is a cliche; Compassion; Skimming the most so poetic surface; The 1930’s Downstream, a poetic inquiry; The Politics of Money (Everything is never Quite Enough); Journeying on the dirt road of politics and the soul; Not all breaths are the same; Intracoastal voyage and beyond; A Smith Corona typewriter and private moments;Primitive; A Quest for “OM” from The Edges;La Moustache Existentielle revisited; An abstract artist’s autumn of realism;Hypatia from Alexandria, notes about the extremes of fear; Naked, nude and the geography of the heart, rev.; Rumors of knowledge and the existential future of “library;” Thoughts about Harley-Davidson and acquiring knowledge; Thoughts about inerrancy;Faces in the crowd and the orthodoxy of design; A Brief Introduction to the Ancient Pleasure of Espionage; The fate of a middle-aged Englishman?; It’s not that I haven’t been game; Individual and Collective Memory – a philosophical approach; Conflict draws our eyes; “I was grasping for time, but none was remaining,” Irresistible Behavior and Irrepressible Conflict; Humane is in the Midst of an Evolution in Meaning; The nuances of our future are ambiguous; Coffeehouse Politics, Revolution and Hope*; A footnote fetish revisited; The death of an idea called America?; Diplomacy and Language ; The symbolic architecture of the door; A philosophical approach to the primitive mind and reincarnation
Interview (most recent listed first)
Dr Fayr Barkley. Media Producer/Director, Creator/Writer
Cheri Peters. Driving an 18-wheeler, Truck Driver
Susannah Martin, Figurative Realism, Fine Artist
Catherine Tinger Goldberg, First Library, Founder and President
Barbara C Harrison, Post-Modern Visual Artist
Kenneth Fikes, Ubuntu and Human Relationships
Laura Allan, Shelters International Disaster Response
Vanessa Holloway, Race, towards an understanding
Fulton Johns, DDS, Reality? Fractals, dark matter, dark energy and the universe
Walter Semkiw, MD, MPH, Considering Reincarnation
Johanna Sparrow, Life coach & relationship guru
Sheree Johnson, Gestalt and Interconnectedness
Elaine Coyne, The Art of Jewelry
Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, Work, Ethics, Technology and Democrac;
Dr Kate Lister, Female Sexuality, Medieval to Victorian, Whores of Yore
Andrew Holecek, (Tibetan Dream Yoga and Lucid Dreaming)
Angie Sanchez, Part 2, (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Practitioner)
Vanessa De Largie, (Australian Actress, Author, Sex Columnist, Journalist and Blogger)
SueDe Gregorio Rosen, RN, CLNC (Medical use of Cannabis)
Ken Lazer,(Casting Director)
Angie Sanchez (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Practitioner)
HarrieFarrow (Bisexuality)
Randi Sloane (Actress, Off Broadway & Film)
Julia Tulupova (Actress, writer, musician, producer)
Dr. Cynthia Eller (Feminism, Matriarchy and Patriarchy)
Dr. Bharat Mehra(Rural libraries)
Dr. Gloria Brame (Auhor, BDSM)
Heather McPherson (Sexuality & Relationships)
Dr.Viola Timm (I Culture Therapy)
Carmen Browne (Jazz & Soul)
Uriél Dana (Fine Artist & Writer)
Michelle Pollace (Jazz Musician)
VanessaWester (Paranormal Romance Author)
Nicole Collet (Romance Author and Translator)
Sharon Cawood (Community/Neighborhoods)
Nancy Maron (Sustainability/Digital Technology)
Lisa Marie Popp (Writer, Independent Seeker)
Mark Mangelsdorf (Alpine Skiing)
Amber Cross (Ghostwriter)
David Chisholm (Wireless Networks)
Chris Hall – Ron Brewer – Stan Brock (Remote Area Medical)
Amanda Bullen (Hairstyles)
Kathleen Kelley (Psychotherapy)
Caitriona Reed (Evolutionary Leadership)
Gordon Townsend (Airline Industry)
Laura Mansfield (Social Media)
Syldy Tom (Executive Recruiting)
Dr. Joseph Johnson (Higher Education)
Christine Anderson (Fundraising & Donors)
Patrick Burke, Architect, AIA (Public Architecture)
Alexander Lamis, Architect, AIA (Public Architecture)
Jeff Johnson, Architect, AIA (Public Architecture)
Musings
7 a.m. In the high desert and a Bloody Mary by LJ Frank; Selective Memory? by LJFrank; The Madness of the Poet’s Soul by LJFrank; Sailing over the depths of a vast unknown sea by LJFrank; The Air We Breathe? by LJFrank A future on foot? by LJFrank; The voyage itself is my native home by L J Frank; Laughter Revised by LJFrank; Old? by LJFrank; Sunday’s Poetic-less Postscript by LJ Frank; An ode to the international politics of dark chocolate by LJFrank; She was a child of a lesser God by LJFrank; The Spirit of the Muse I seek by LJFrank; A winter’s tale in the mountains by LJFrank; Searching for a trade wind in the Chinese Junk of my head by LJFrank; Pausing in romanticized 18th century thought by LJFrank; Crossing border into Mexico; You and the Getaway Car; The modern presidency – the lie becomes the truth; The singular behavior of a caffeine connoisseur; Evening Escape; Honk Your Horn If You Don’t Exist; The urn without a soul has no value; Painting and Music are Expressions of our Soul; In Memory of my Father.
NPJ Book Review (reviewed by L J Frank, unless otherwise noted)
The Body in Pain, The making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm
The Back Channel, a Memoir of American Diplomacy by William J Burns
Rising Out of Hatred, The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
The Gods and Other Lectures: The Gods, Humboldt, Thomas Paine, Individuality, Heretics & Heresies by Robert G. Ingersoll
Wartime by Paul Russell
The Age ofSurveillanceCapitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
Masks, Faces of Culture by John W. Nunley, Cara McCarty
Plagues and the Paradox of Progress-Why the world is getting healthier in worrisome ways by Thomas J Bollyky
Gandhi, An Autobiography, The story of my experiments with truth, Mahadev Desai, translator
The Genesisof God, A Theological Genealogy by Thomas J.J. Altizer
Prisoners of Hate, The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility and Violence by Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
Larousse Gastronomique, Revised and Updated
The Prehistory of the Mind by Steven Mind
Gender Ambiguity in the Workplace: Transgender and Gender-DiverseDiscrimination by Alison Fogarty, Lily Zheng
The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracyby Gregg Miller
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Reporter: A Memoir by Seymour M. Hersh
Strange Histories by Darren Oldridge
Heretics, The Other Side of Early Christianity by Gerd Ludemann
White House Interpreter. The Art of Interpretation by Henry Obst
Androgyny by June Singer
Faust’s Metropolis, A History of Berlin by Alexandra Richies
Scribes, Scripts and Books, The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissanceby Leila Arvin
Evil in Modern Thought – an alternative history of philosophy by Susan Neiman
Ideas with consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)by Amanda Hollis-Brusky
Detroit, An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff
From Fascism to Populism in History by Federico Finchelstein
The Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate by Sue Scheff and Sue Schorr
The Devil in the Holy Water or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleonby Robert Darnton
Power, Politics, and the making of the Bible, An Introduction by Robert B. Coote and Mary P. Coote
Russian Roulette: The Inside story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff and David Corn
Mindful Politics, A Buddhist guide to making the world a better place, ed. Melvin McLeod
The Prehistory of Sex by Timothy Taylor
The Housewife’s Handbook on Selective Promiscuity by Rey Anthony
The Transparent Self by Sidney Jourard
American Oligarchy, The Permanent Political Classby Ron Formisano
Jerusalem by F.E. Peters
The Vanity Fair Dairies 1983-1992by Tina Brown
Who Rules he World by Noam Chomsky
DesertWisdom by Neil Douglas-Klotz
Arab and Jew, Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, Revised & Updated, by David K. Shipler
The Philosophy of The Bed by Mary Eden and Richard Carrington
Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech by Cass R. Sunstein
Citizens, A Chronicle of the French Revolutionby Simon Schama
The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination by Denise Winn
Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, David R. Slavitt, translator
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt
Critical Reflections on the Paranormal, Eds,Michael Stoeber and Hugo Meynell
The Argument Culture, Moving from Debate to Dialogue by Deborah Tannen
The Money Cult, Capitalism, Christianity and the Unmaking of the American Dream by Chris Lehman
My Life andTimes by Henry Miller
Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We don’t Talk About It)by Elizabeth Anderson
Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography by Roger Shattuck
The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution, Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republicby Ganesh Sitaraman
Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government’s Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis by Anne Jacobsen
Homo Deus, A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harar;
Erotic Art of the East by Philip Rawson
Reason for Being, A Meditation on Ecclesiastes by Jacques Ellul
The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
Forbidden Rites, A Necromancer’s Manual of the Fifteenth Centuryby Richard Kieckhefer
The Temple in the House, Finding the Sacred in Everyday Architectureby Anthony Lawlor, AIA
Martin Heidegger,Between Good and Evil by Rudiger Safranski
Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone
ExistentialPsychotherapy by Irvin Yalom
Questions Are Forever, James Bond and Philosophy Ed. James B. South and Jacob M. Held, Ed. James B. South and Jacob M. Held
The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone by Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach;
Laughter at the Foot of the Crossby M.A. Screech;
The Temple Scroll, Ed. Yigael Yadin;
Travel in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson;
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Anonymous Translation into English of 1783, 1790 By A.S.B. Glover;
The Parable Of The Tribes, The Problem Of Power In Social Evolution by Andrew Bard Schmookler;
Smiling through the Apocalypse; Esquire’s History of the Sixties, Ed. Harold Hayes
What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News by Eric Alterman
Altogether Elsewhere, Writers On Exile, Ed. Marc Robinson
Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer by Dean Baker
Dickens by Peter Ackroyd
Dinner with Andre by Wallace Shawn
The Matrixial Borderspace (Theory Out of Bounds) by Bracha Ettinger
God’s Phallus and other problems for men and monotheism by Howard Eilberg-Schwartz;
I and Thou by Martin Buber
Doubt – A History by Jennifer Michael Hecht
The American Writer and the Great Depression Ed., Harvey Swados
The Fortunesof Faust by E.M. Butler
Propaganda, The Formation of Men’s Attitudes by Jacques Ellul
Dark Money, The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of The Radical Right by Jane Mayer
Photography
Appearances? by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen Passageways There are days when… every step… Shapes of pollination by Barbara Harrison, photographer The Human Soul and the Desert The Muse & Sword – a philosophical pose by LJ Frank
Publications (L J Frank)
The Human Soul and the Desert (photo)
Essays from an esoteric Journey
The Shadow of Lhasa, a tale of reincarnation
Quest
Federalist, Anti-Federalist & the Bill of Rights;
Andrew Holecek Interviews (Dream Yoga)
How Do Artists Get Their Work Into A Museum by Uriel Dana;
Tibetan Buddhist Masters on Dying (and living) from Andrew Holecek;
What time is it? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Magical Manuscripts, Charms, Potions and Witchcraft
What is censorship? A perspective
Atlantic Ocean: effect of circulation slowing?
Mission Status, the Voyager probes
Excerpts from Political Lying by Jonathan Swift
Why is America more tolerant of inequality?
Mobilization of Rural Libraries…Bharat Mehra
Art Censorship: How Social Media Edits Our Worldview
Greed Revisited, a recent history
Game of Thrones study by Dr Kate Lister
Vanessa de Largie, update 7/2017
Selected publications of Dr. Gloria Brame, update 7/2017
Carmen Browne, Jazz & Soul Vocalist, update 6/2017
Andrew Holecek, Dream Yoga and Lucid Dreaming, update 6/2017
Harrie Farrow’s novel about love and sex, update, 6/2017
Randi Sloane, actor, update 6/2017
Selected publications of Dr. Bharat Mehra, update 6/2017
Impeachment and the U.S. Constitution
Emoluments Clause: US Constitution
Language and National Identity
Climate change: How do we know?
Are you ready to be a crew member on a voyage? Humans as Stardust
Civic Knowledge, David Souter, ret. Supreme Court Justice
Japan, the world…a long night of ‘post-truth’
Is the theater really dead or in transition?
“Friendly Fascism,” War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence
Neolithic Man’s Face Reconstructed
Communicating with sperm whales
Post-truth 2016 word of the year, Oxford Dictionaries
The earthquake of the 2016 U.S. election
Intimacy, technology & the human body
Rhythms
Winter weather warnings by Signee Ruddy
Ehecatl (wind serpent) by Signe Ruddy
Beyond the liminal by Kathryn Thompson
With each embrace by Kathryn Thompson
A Love Song in Case of Good bye by Kathryn Thompson
Deep Sighs by Kathryn Thompson
Leaning on the Lamppost by Lisa Marie Popp
Bring me your shattered mind by Kathryn Thompson
Benign Venus by Kathryn Thompson
The autograph of a thought by LJ Frank
The misappropriation of titillate and other misdemeanors and felonies by LJ Frank
The lobbyist and the Neo Wave of Truth by LJ Frank
Brain Fingerprinting by LJ Frank
Can you hear me now? by LJ Frank
For R Rated Audience Only by LJ Frank
A Southern City with Southern Gothic Charm by LJ Frank
Shantith & Broken Toys by Lisa Marie Popp
Adjusting the rearview mirror by LJ Frank
The Mother of All – an intimate metaphor by LJ Frank
See Rhythms Archives 2013-2017 for remaining poems:
In Your Praise by Lisa Marie Popp; Sometimes, a Strange Desire to Forget by Lisa Marie Popp; Ice-Pick Intellect by Lisa Marie Popp; On Ramps and Other Accelerations/Ends by Lisa Marie Popp; Scratches by Lisa Marie Popp; The politician by L J Frank; The “open road” is a state of mind by L J Frank; Tenants of the Almighty by Lisa Marie Popp; Will the self remember? by L J Frank; Through a textured matrix by L J Frank; After Yeats by Lisa Marie Popp; Sound by Lisa Marie Popp; So Far Away by Lisa Marie Popp; Sky by Lisa Marie Popp; Listen to the wind by L J Frank; Winter Song by Lisa Marie Popp; The day after by Lisa Marie Popp; The Macintosh Mantra by L J Frank; Thoughts Sitting Breathing by Lisa Marie Popp; A reflection on Amedeo Clemente Modigliani by L J Frank; Unscripted IV…the past recedes in the rear view mirror by L J Frank; The Art of Love by Lisa Marie Popp; Unscripted III by L J Frank; What is Left? by Lisa Marie Popp; Unscripted II by L J Frank; Lemonade Rain by Lisa Marie Popp; Unscripted by L J Frank; Within the mist of relationships by LJ Frank; Looking at the wallpaper & thinking of nothing by Lisa Marie Popp; Tread marks on the dirt road of the mind by L J Frank; The writer and his thoughts by L J Frank; Affected by L J Frank; The language of spaghetti in a “barista” economy by L J Frank; An inquiry into a subway experience by L J Frank; Are you sure by L J Frank; Tripping over a word by L J Frank; Quiet Stirrings by L J Frank; Mirrors and Reflections by L J Frank.
Short Story
Hearing Voices by Sandy Whitby
A National Mall Evening Experience by Sandy Whitby;
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