Thursday, August 13, 2020

Spreading the Light of Joy In These Dark Days

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  From Pinterest Sam:  "It's like in the great stories Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they w...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Mourning Normal

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Times Square, New York City CNN.com © 2020 Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey "What I've started, I must finish. I've gone too ...
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Friday, August 07, 2020

The Cascadia Subduction Zone: The Very Real Threat

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                                        The "crumpled fender" zone marking the location of the Cascadia Subduction Zone Copyright ...
Tuesday, August 04, 2020

Empty Nights and Irish Music

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Another joyful night at the fiddle shop. " My feet always dance to Irish music." --Ciaran Hinds Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Hurricane Douglas and the Mysteries of Meteorological Miracles

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Douglas pulling away. National Weather Service Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey It's been a day of tense anticipation, moments of drea...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

Something Stormy This Way Comes

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The Beast, poised to strike National Weather Service Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F, Couey I've been a part of severe weather events throug...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

This Moment of Mahomes

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That walkin' talkin' pass-throwin'  paradigm shiftin' and now bank-breakin' QB (Photo unattributed, but thought to be Ka...
Thursday, July 09, 2020

A Cold Brush with Doom

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CDC.gov “In hard times, we learn something incredibly precious:  The fist of the universe can hit us anywhere, anytime." ― Mehmet Murat...
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Thursday, June 25, 2020

The Daunting Task of Faith in a Broken World

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© whatchristianswanttoknow.com Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey There is an image, and the story behind it, from World War II that had a p...
Monday, June 22, 2020

A Crater, the Moon, and a Moment

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Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey Image and written content I work inside a volcano.  An extinct one, to be sure, but still awe inspiring. ...
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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Taking My Hands Off the Controls

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“Sometimes you have to stop worrying, wondering and doubting.  Have faith that things will work out, maybe not how you planned  but just how...
Friday, June 12, 2020

A Song, A Moment, A Light

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Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey I've been in a kind of dark place, as regular readers of this blog may have noted.  The reasons for t...
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Saturday, June 06, 2020

The Dark Side of the Looking Glass

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Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey There was a time when that thing we called "the future" was a bright and shiny thing, full of h...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Respecting Our Journeys

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"People take different roads. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost." --H. Jackson Br...
Friday, May 22, 2020

The 65-Year Roller Coaster

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Wayfair, Inc. In the past I've always seen birthdays as a positive thing, particularly after a serious round of heart problems in...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

The Dark Cloud, and Making the Silver Lining

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"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark thing seem to be or actually are,  raise your sights;  Always see possibilities ...
Monday, May 11, 2020

The Universe and a Mind Blown

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A graphical representation of the expansion of the universe  from the Big Bang to the present day, with the inflationary epoch  represen...
Thursday, May 07, 2020

A Short History of Hawai'i, or Why Volcanoes Make Us Feel Small

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Mauna Loa Mauna Kea Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey Data from USGS and Hawai'i Volcano Observatory I thought it...
Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Leaving the Vampire Life Behind

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Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey One afternoon, about eight months ago, I showed up at work and was told by my supervisor that ...
Monday, May 04, 2020

The Death of the Pub

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©Timothy Gauger 2017 O'Toole's, on the south side of Chinatown Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey Written content only ...
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Monday, April 27, 2020

Random Thoughts That Sprang From Cabin Fever

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Waikiki shut down tight. Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey Image and written material Well, we're a month into the shu...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

The Joy and Beauty of a Morning Walk

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Dawn over Pearl Harbor "Walking is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way o...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Going Forward to a New Normal

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HuffPost.com Life is some days a bed of thorns,  a puddle of mud,  a pothole on a highway  and it might deny you happiness  b...
Monday, April 13, 2020

Together, All Alone

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WRCB TV Chattanooga, TN Copyright © 2020 by Ralph F. Couey Written content only It was an odd-feeling weekend, to be sure.  T...