The Compassionate Dominatrix of an Artist’s Mind by LJ Frank A French magistrate executed a search warrant for the soul of a man who died in the 14th Century near the Chartres Cathedral by LJ Frank Hearsay~The Surreal & A Dark Pink Rose by LJ Frank Something From Which Another Originates? by LJ Frank The Heresy? by LJ Frank The Petit Coupe d’etat with a scoop of Mint Chip cream on the side by LJ Frank Appearances by LJ Frank Surreal ~ The Scribbling in the Margins by LJ Frank Situational Maintenance? by LJ Frank Madness & Betrayal? by LJ Frank Drive! To where? Just keep driving! by LJ Frank The Referral & The Holiest of Holies by LJ Frank The Political Refugee by LJ Frank Reality Can be More Intriguing Than Expectation by LJ Frank Kirika! The briefcase! Don’t look back! by Lj Frank Some Cellists Prefer Strings Attached by LJ Frank A Florida Prosaic by LJ FrankThe Discreet Angst by LJ Frank The Philandering Tongue of a Cunning Linguist by LJ Frank The Hypnotist’s Associate & the Cathedral Bell by LJ Frank Transition.“Veracruz & the Witch from Catemaco” by LJ Frank The different faces of reality by LJ Frank The Pleasure of an Absurdity or is it the Converse? by LJ Frank “Dispatches from a writer in-exile” by LJ Frank Ambiguous Vintage by LJ Frank. License to Marry? by LJ Frank. The Psychological Logistics of an Assassination by LJ Frank Beauty and the Beast by Uriél Danā Sanctuary. “What do you think we should do with the body?” by LJ Frank A Blind Rendezvous on the Bridge by LJ Frank “An Absurdity?” by LJ Frank. “Parallel Universes” by LJ Frank The Hues of an Existential Summer by LJ Frank Species? Homo sapient, Neanderthal & Denisovan Offspring! by LJ Frank “A Personal Normalcy” by LJ Frank Invisible! by LJ Frank The Ambiguity! by LJ Frank At-Will, for Cause & Perpetual? by LJ Frank I thought you knew! by LJ Frank An Affair with a Loophole! by LJ Frank. Old Age – The Agony of Lust & Love! by LJ Frank. Virtual Intimacy! by LJ Frank Familiarity Breeds Exposure? by LJ Frank One’s destiny? There’s no disputing tastes! by LJ Frank. The Senator & the Border Crossing! by LJ Frank The Mask of Deception! by LJ Frank A Hard Rain in a Summer of Blind Heat! by LJ Frank. Some Things Leave An Ambiguous Taste In Your Mouth! by LJ Frank A Masked Affair! by LJ Frank. You can have the Earth…I want the Milky Way by LJ Frank Recall? by LJ Frank Adrift. Somewhere South by Southwest of the Wall by LJ Frank. The Celebrity Doorknob Affair by LJ Frank. The Person as a Form of Real Estate by LJ Frank Somewhere South of a Public Funded Burden by LJ Frank Arousal on the Canvas of the surreal by LJ Frank Paranoia, The Eleventh Commandment, AI and the Other Ones by LJ Frank A Kiss in the Abstract by LJ Frank My Freudian Shoe Therapist by LJ Frank Coincidence by LJ Frank The Guggenheim Abduction by LJFrank Criminal Intent? by LJ Frank Actors in Search of Redemption? by LJ Frank The Second or Third Act by LJ Frank Adapting to an Alternative Reality? by LJ Frank An Uncertain Translation by LJ Frank The New Orleans Connection by LJ Frank Show Me Don’t Tell Me? That’s Rubbish! It’s Circumstantial! by LJ Frank Live Theater & Other Realities by LJ Frank Abundance is just a thought away by LJ Frank It didn’t happen in the Florida Keys by LJ Frank The Dwelling. A Ghostly Tale by LJ Frank The Singapore Briefing? by LJ Frank; An Oblique Conversation between the Otherwise Naked by LJ Frank Fate? by LJ Frank A Corporate Future – Don’t Take It Personal by LJ Frank An Oblique Conversation by LJ Frank 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 Escape to Love – Paris, Marseilles & The Hague 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
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Guest Column (most recent listed first)
Cancel Culture ~ To ostracize or not? by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Contributing Editor
Dancing with Time by Ms. Jennifer
Early History of Inoculation by Glenn Parris
She liked to be called Miss Tyson by Diana Tenes
The Confluence of Policing & Brutality in America! by Caelan, A High School Student
Pansexuality in the 21st Century? by Ms. Star, Pansexual
The American prison system remains broken by Edward Reid II
Be the beam into a brighter World by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Art and Buddhism by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
A Reflection on Stoicism & Christianity by Edward Reid II
Art On The Internet, The Caravaggio Effect by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
My Affairs with Santa’s Elves & Other Private Truths by Ms. Jennifer
The Commonality between Henry VIII and Donald Trump? by Morgan Kelly Diana Rein, Journalist
An Auspicious Cosmic Encounter on Dec. 21st, 2020 by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Grief-Unfinished Business by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
The fantasies and realities of a seasoned “bachelorette” by Ms. Jennifer
A Lament for How We Live Now by Mark Hulsether, Ph.D.
Caring and the Human Touch by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
The Truth is Paywalled but the Lies are Free by Nathan J. Robinson
Four Things That Made Impressionism Possible by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
Transitions in New Orleans by Ms. Jennifer
Craquelure: History’s Crack In Time by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
Post election cultural synopsis and a glimpse into an impending future history by Charles Ostman
Dating Online Series. A Secular Mass in Three Movements, Third movement. The Transition by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. A Secular Mass in Three Movements. Second Movement. The Death by Ms. Jennifer
The Dichotomy of the Inner Voice by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Science Fiction Author Octavia Butler & Me by Dr. Glenn Parris
Ruminating about Narcissism by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
Letters from Death Row by Edward Reid II
Living a Balanced Life by Ms. Ann
How to impress your Vegetarian friends with a different dinner than pasta by Ms. Ann
Dating Online Series. A Secular Mass in Three Movements. The Prelude…by Ms. Jennifer
Cultural Literacy & Tolerance by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
On Afrofuturism by Glenn Parris
“Soul Journeys“, A different take on Life, by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Art Censorship: How Social Media Edits Our Worldview, Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
The Marriage of Art & The Erotic Together Again by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
My Authentic Self: Ruth Bader Ginsberg by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen RN. CLNC, Assistant Editor
Women in the Arts: Drawing New Boundaries by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
Grief by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
Art Critics: Keeping Art in its Proper Framework by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
The Dragons We Encounter by Morgan Kelly Diana Rein, Journalist
How to Sell An Old Or Valuable Painting by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
The Nude in Art & the Evolution of Sexual Consciousness by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
Drawing: The Line Between Real and Illusion by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
Museums in the 21st Century, The Invisible Intimacy of Public Palaces by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
A Reflection ~ Is this a tipping point? by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Dating Online Series. Vulnerable? by Ms Jennifer
A Cannabis Nurse’s Plea by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, Rn, CLNC, Assistant Editor
Dating One Series. It’s Quiet! by Ms Jennifer
Art, Social Media and the Nationalist Agenda by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
“Prison Reform and the problems with Solitary Confinement” by Edward Reid II
Indignities of Our Biography! by Morgan Kelly Diana Rein, Journalist
Wake-Up America! Part II, Healing Racism by Dr. Kim McMillon, Professor & Author
Miracles by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
No More Fireworks: The Cost on Society and Their Racist origins by Uriel Dana, Contributing Editor
Wake-up America! Part I by Dr. Kim McMillon
Beyond the Current Pandemic, Birthing a New Consciousness! by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Approaching “Singularity” by Charles Ostman, Global Futurist & Strategic Synergist
Dating Online Series: Decisioning! by Ms. Jennifer
Think of yourself as dead – Finding a Philosophy in the Post-Modern Age by Edward Reid II
2020 The Double Edged Sword. Freedom or Control? by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Zegota! by Edward Reid II, Polish Film Director & Historian
Dating Online Series: Cleaning out my mind’s closet? by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series: The Flesh and the Excreta! by Ms. Jennifer
Take heart–for a better life after Corona! by Hilary Bowring
How Do Artists Get Their Work Into A Museum by Uriel Dana, Contributing Editor
CBD Oil & Covid-19 by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
Dating Online Series. Social Distancing! by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. The Evolution & Appraisal of My Pussy by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Finding the balance by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Shifting Alliances? by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Poly, Race & Other Variables by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Men & the Moments? Part II by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Men& the Moments? Part I, by Ms. Jennifer
IMPEACH by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
Dating Online Series. Variations & Diversions by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Familial Ties. Expectations? Part III by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Expectations? Part II by Ms Jennifer
Living On The Edge – Like There’s No Tomorrow by Barbara Van Doeselaar
Dating Online Series. The Cuckold Experience? Part II. by Ms. Jennifer
The Opioid Scene, An American Tragedy, Update, by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
Dating Online Series. The Cuckold Experience? Part I by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Sex & Shit? (not simultaneously) by Ms. Jennifer
Are we powerless in these turbulent Times by Hilary Bowring
Dating Online Series: California state of mind? by Ms. Jennifer
An addict’s personal story by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC
Dating Online Series. Prospects? by Ms. Jennifer
Dating Online Series. Expectations? by Ms. Jennifer
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
The Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas: Understanding Buddhist Imagery by Uriél Danā, Conributing Editor
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 (philosopher)
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 DeGregorio-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
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Inquiry (LJ Frank, unless otherwise noted)
Estrangement XIV – Addiction by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Estrangement XIII – Privilege by LJ Frank
Estrangement XII – The Poetic Schism of Existence by LJ Frank
Estrangement XI – Grief by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, ContributingEditor
Estrangement X – Oakland’s Toxic Tree Services Versus The Environment by Uriél Danā, Contributing Editor
Estrangement IX – Adaptation by LJ Frank
Estrangement VIII – Opposing Opinions by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Estrangement VII – The alienation between us by Oana Filip
Estrangement VI – Who Shall Offer the Final Blessing by LJ Frank
Estrangement V – Architectural Musings by Alexander P. Lamis FAIA
Estrangement IV – Quality of Life & Academic Hunger Games by Mark Hulsether, Ph.D.
Estrangement III – Toxic by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
Estrangement II – Relating by Hilary Bowring, Contributing Editor
Estrangement I – Language & Pain by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Assistant Editor
Estrangement – Introduction by LJ Frank
the elusive guilt in “God’s voice”
Capitalism & Academia in the “New Norm”
Revisiting the Nuremberg Principles
The Intent of Suicide & The 21st Century Social Gospel
Impoverished & Homeless, Part iI ~ “The State of Becoming a Non-Being”
The Reformation of the 21st Century & an Electronic Journal
21st Century Architecture – a personal perspective of an “affected end user”
Sacred or Profane? The Topics and Language of a Journal!
The Obituary of the (First) American Republic!
Hope. An Emotional Parasite?
Searching for-the voice of the Public Intellectual?
The Death of an Idea called America, Part II
The “authorities” never call ahead…the institutionalization of fear
America, while looking the other way
Impoverished: The loss of dignity and hope;
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
The journey as the destination is a cliche
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
Intracoastal voyage and beyond
A Smith Corona typewriter and private moments
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
Rumors of knowledge and the existential future of “library”
Thoughts about Harley-Davidson and acquiring knowledge
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
“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*
The death of an idea called America?
The symbolic architecture of the door
A philosophical approach to the primitive mind and reincarnation
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Interview (most recent listed first)
Diana Tenes. Artisan – Costume, Makeup, Actress, Author
Eric Candela of American Forests. Tree Equity in US Cities
Green Witch. (New York City) Uber dies Existenz
Kerry McElroy, ABD, PhD. Cultural Historian & Freelance Writer. Junctures
Ann. A Versatile Artist, A Rhythmic Context
Jack Clock. Funeral Home Director, Reasoning & Death
devorah major. Poet-in-Residence, Professor & Author, Thoughts
Angie Chuang. Professor & Author, Circumstantial – A Journalist’s Perspective
Sati Kaur. Writer, Director & Producer, Meditation of a Fil maker
Dr. Kim McMillon. Professor & Author, Black Arts Movement, Black Feminism & More
Edward Reid. Polish Film Director and Historian, Film, Poland, history and this moment
Mandy Walker. Divorce Coach, Mediator. Why Marital Status?
William B. Miller Jr., M.D. Evolutionary Biologist, Profiling from an Evolutionary Perspective
William B. Miller Jr., M.D. Evolutionary Biologist, Evolution & Disease
Vanessa de Largie. Sexual Conscience. Part II., Australian author, freelance writer, sex columnist, journalist & award winning actress
Dr Fayr Barkley. Film Industry. 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 Democracy
Dr Kate Lister, PhD.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
Sue DeGregorio 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. Author, 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 CawoodCommunity/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
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Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady 1963, by Ms. Ann
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out, by Ms Ann
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme 1965, by Ms. Ann
Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters, by Ms. Ann
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue, by Ms. Ann
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Musings
Memory 2030 by LJ Frank The Odds are Against Representative Democracy by LJFrank An Evolution of a Conscience by LJ Frank Belief & Conscience? by LJ Frank The Aesthetic ~ Is there anything you don’t want to talk about? by LJ Frank The Luxury of an Alternative Reality by LJ Frank A Sensuous Metaphor for the Angst of the Day by LJ Frank “How Does One Read Something That May Not Be there?” by LJ Frank (rev) Side-tracked! by LJ Frank “Might we consider confirming a Supreme Court Justice on Halloween?” The Grim Reaper A Postscript to the Post-Modern Age by LJ Frank Ephemeral Meditation on a Rainy Moon by LJ Frank “Humility” by LJ Frank “Astrological Signs & Minimalism” by LJ Frank The Politics of Betrayal ~ “If I do nothing will the plot arrive at my doorstep unannounced?” by LJ Frank Mutation! “Impermanence, Change & Chance.” by LJ Frank In Search of the “Humble” by LJ Frank Ocean~the sensation of being! by LJ Frank The Narrative In Which One Finds Oneself? by LJ Frank Jefferson’s initial anti-slavery passage in the Declaration of Independence The What~Of That Which Inspires by LJ Frank Boat Sitting ~ Meditations in an Exotic Port! by LJ Frank A Peculiar Reality! by LJ Frank Adapting to the idea of my personal death? by LJ Frank What Will A Revived City Teach Us? by LJ Frank Melbourne, Australia or Hong Kong? by LJ Frank Escape to the 1920″s? Human Dignity & Mother Earth! by LJ Frank Pure illusion like pure truth arrives on our shore in fragments! by LJ Frank Did I ever tell you the tale when I rounded Cape Horn? by LJ Frank A Desert Diary of the Soul! by LJ Frank A Virus offers a Vision! by LJ Frank The Siren & The Voyage! by LJ Frank Writing in Exile by LJ Frank Our Minds are a Crucible of Impressions by LJ Frank Humanity? by LJ Frank A Morning in the City by LJ Frank A Revised Paradigm of Self in a Post Truth Culture by LJ Frank Civility and Civilization on the Edge? by LJ Frank An Old Man’s Vision by LJ Frank To Migrate or Not? by LJ Frank Words ejaculated with letters spilling on the ground by LJ Frank An Intimate Story by LJ Frank Searching for an allegory of peace in the midst of a violent universe by LJ Frank On Being a Philosophical Libertine by LJ Frank The fundamental things apply as time goes by* by LJ Frank An Appreciation for the Ancient Diplomat of Ecclesiastes by LJ Frank Irony and a serendipitous encounter by LJ Frank 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 LJ Frank 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 In-Between by LJ Frank 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 Artistic Expressions In Memory of my Father
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Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls by Edward E. Leslie
Literature Among The Primitives by John Greenway
Situations by Jean-Paul Sartre
Dreams of Light, The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming by Andrew Hoelcek
In and Out of the Marital Bed. Seeing Sex in Renaissance Europe by Diane Wolfthal
A Place For You, Psychology and Religion by Paul Tournier
Hitler and Stalin, Parallel Lives by Alan Bullock
American Transcendentalism, A History by Philips F. Gura
The Crowd in the French Revolution by George Rude
Architecture for the Poor: An Experiment in Rural Egypt by Hassan Fathy
Building a Protestant Left, Christianity and Crisis Magazine 1941-1993 by Mark Hulsether
The Jakarta Method by Vince Bevins
The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business by Nelson D. Schwartz
Spillover: Animal Infections and The Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows by Gabor Boritt
Dark Towers, Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump And An Epic Trail Of Destruction by David Enrich
Losing Reality by Robert Jay Lifton
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding by David Hume, Editor Peter Millican
The Optimist’s Telescope, Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age by Bina Venkataraman
Blasphemy, Verbal Offense Against the Sacred from Moses to Salman Rushdie by Bernard W. Levy
Hitler: Ascent, 1889 – 1939 by Volker Ullrich
On Disobedience and Other Essays by Erich Fromm
Antifragile, Things that Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicolas Taleb
You Are The Placebo, Making Your Mind Matter by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Primitive Passions, Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy by Marianna Torgovnick
Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Mindf*ck, Cambridge Analytica And The Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie
Reckless Endangerment, How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner
The Essentials of Zen Buddhism, Selected from the writings of Daisetz Suzuki, Edited with an Introduction by Bernard Phillips
The Nazi Conscience by Claudia Koonz
The Revolution of Everyday Life by Raoul Veneigem
The Sex Life of the Foot & Shoe by William Rossi
Unholy Ghost, writers on depression by Nell Casey
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 of Surveillance Capitalism 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
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
Existential Psychotherapy 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
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Photography
Adhuc esto anima mea, by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen: Sunset Expression – The Gulf by Melissa Dashiel; Appearances II? by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen Appearances? by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen Passageways There are days when… every step… Shapes of pollination by Barbara Harrison, photographer The Muse & Sword – a philosophical pose by LJ Frank
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Publications (L J Frank)
The United States v. The Chicago Tribune (Journal article – The Historian 1980)
Essays from an Esoteric Journey
The Shadow of Lhasa, a tale of reincarnation
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Quest
Privacy Policy (update: 11/2020)
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
Plastic Pollution & The Ocean Cleanup
To Vote ~ A perceived Catch 22?
Have your tried turning off your conscious mind?
Race & Racism. American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Video-Audio Technology & the Journal Interview
CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists
Architecture Sans Frontières International
Narrative Paths Journal Survey
Earth Day. Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Facial Recognition Technology & the Future?
Narrative Paths Journal is global
Federalist, Anti-Federalist & the Bill of Rights
Andrew Holecek Interviews (Dream Yoga)
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
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?
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
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Rhythms
You! by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, RN, CLNC, Contributing Editor
the libidinous caress by Sue DeGregorio-Rosen, Contributing Editor
The Un-Wedding Ceremony by LJ Frank
Gender in the Abstract by LJ Frank
The Republic – Edge of Expectation by LJ Frank
The Messiah “Virus” by LJ Frank
Provocations ~ The Cellist & The Ballet Dancer! by LJ Frank
Intimacy Redefined by LJ Frank
a soft voice from under a bridge ~ “Silent Night” by LJ Frank
Wrinkled Hands at the Bottom of the Detroit River by LJ Frank
The misreading of Revelation by LJ Frank
“a late summer of consciousness” by LJ Frank
“the cloaking of a gracious, earthy life…” by LJ Frank
The Silence of the Mythic hero by LJ Frank
The Political Intrigue of Prague, the Swamp Sparrow & the Bald Eagle! by LJ Frank
A Republic Naked & Missing! by LJ Frank
The Primitive Who Never Became a Sacred Allegory by LJ Frank
The Bitter Seeds of Renunciation by LJ Frank
“It’s been rumored the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue has a First Edition.” by LJ Frank
OM ~ “and the heart continues on its journey” by LJ Frank
Del Sueno/Of the Dream by Rafael Jesus Gonzalez
Something Missing? by Signe Ruddy
Sometimes, A Strange Desire to Forget by Lisa Marie Popp
Winter Song by Lisa Marie Popp
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
See Rhythms Archives 2013-2017 for remaining poems:
In Your Praise 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; 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.
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Short Story
Psycho-sexual Thieves by Stevan Jovanovich
Exposure ~ An East Coast Harbor south of Cape Hatteras by LJ Frank
The Kiss after Midnight by LJ Frank
A Rusted Working Pickup Truck & a Smile by LJ Frank
Bump in the Road by Stevan Jovanovich
“Trust Me, My Love” ~ The Impassioned Seduction by LJ Frank
An Orphic Tale of Wealth & The Human Heart by LJ Frank
The Grosse Pointe Connection by Rhonda Fleming
My Shunga Inspiration by Kathryn Thompson
The Sacred Yoni Steam by Ellen Stone
Hearing Voices by Sandy Whitby
A National Mall Evening Experience by Sandy Whitby;
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NPJ Briefing
Visitors by country and region and Publisher’s Log
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Privacy Policy & Security
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Submissions
Literary & artistic works. Guidelines.