Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Winds of Old Ireland (for the love of rhyme and verse)

    The Winds of Old Ireland (for the love of rhyme and verse) I confess: I’m a feeling man. Oh, such a fool… in so many ways. At times, a fool for women. At times, a fool for wine. Often, a fool for myself, and a fool for Time. “But of all the many fools I’ve…

  • The Chattering Brook

    The Chattering Brook An allegory The chattering brook had been cascading down from the high, high mountains for aeons. Since Time Immemorial, since the Very Early Days, before the Dark Times, the white, foaming, swirling waters had followed the creek bed down, thundering and roaring, past rocks and boulders, fallen tree stumps, slowing past open…

  • Peak Awareness

    Peak Awareness Standing on this craggy peak, high above the valley floor, alone, buffeted by the wind, I stretch out my arms to you. I strain for you. I reach for you, on tip toes. I ache for you. I know your Love. I feel it. I sense your touch. The sun shines on me.…

  • I looked in the mirror this morning

    I looked in the mirror this morning I looked in the mirror this morning, un-fresh out of bed, trying vainly to corral my last few stuttering brain cells flashing feebly in my sleep starved mind, Overcome, I shut my eyes for a second swaying precariously gripping the cold plastic marble edge of the weary, toothpaste…

  • Grandfather Meyrick

    Grandfather Meyrick (For Teddy) I never -physically- met up with my Grandfather on my Mum’s side. Grandfather Meyrick. But in a funny way, I think I do know him. Quite well, actually. Let me explain… You see, Grandfather Meyrick, a chemist by trade, was also a prolific scribbler. According to my mother, he was a…

  • Ver Trabajo

    Ver Trabajo Se el primero en que le agrade nuestro trabajo !! El manual de helicopteros atuneros de Moggy – Introduccion Una foto nostalgica: “Mi viejo chopper” – Un Hughes 500 que nunca me abandono Las mejores cosas en la vida son salvajes y libres “Manual atunero de Moggy “ Memorias de un Piloto de…

  • Revealed Humanity

    Revealed Humanity A small handful of stories achieve something, that the common mass and jousting jumble of written words never, ever will: They give us a glimpse into the very soul of the writer, naked and uncovered, brave and bloodied. Their tales are their gift to us. They permit us to walk a mile in…

  • Kentucky Fried God – Cyber Portal

    Last Update: 8/7/2014 Kentucky Fried God – Cyberportal Spiritual Fast Food WWW.HARBORSTORIES.COM WWW.HARBORWRITERS.COM Yo! “Writers’ Harbor” has now been going since 2007. I started it to get away from all the “Nasty” in Cyberspace. Can’t we all just get along? If Aliens ever come and surf the Internet to measure Man’s Civility and Intellect, and…

  • Henry Miller “Tropic of Cancer “

    “I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. A year ago, six month ago, I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think about it, I am. Everything that was literature has fallen from me. There are no more books to be written, thank God. This then?…

  • Of Helicopters and Humans (15) Things that go “Klunk! ” in Flight

    Just when you thought things couldn’t possibly get any WORSE… f@#k’n SHARKS… Of Helicopters and Humans Part 15 – Things that go “Klunk!” in flight Have you ever had something unexpectedly go “Klunk!” in Flight? Or even “Klunkety-Klunk-BANG!” Or something suddenly set up the Rattle from Hell? An unexpected series of explosive pops? Have you…

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