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Estella and Lucid Dreaming. Chp 17. Not my Camino.

Posted on March 7, 2025 by stacyandjohn

I don’t know you at all. And with our very limited interaction the only deductions I may conclude is that you are a carbon based life form and you own a computing device, either hand or lap. So you might … Continue reading →

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Why Oliver Cromwell still matters: an amateur book review.

Posted on December 12, 2024 by stacyandjohn

I have just finished reading Ronald Hutton’s 2022 biography of Oliver Cromwell, ‘The Making of Oliver Cromwell‘, and enjoyed it immensely. But be warned, this ain’t no regular biography. Neither is this: Hutton does something with the story of Oliver … Continue reading →

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Some News About the View On Views.

Posted on December 1, 2024 by stacyandjohn

There’s a fond misconception that words lie. They don’t. Words are completely innocent of all wrongdoing. Even the shitty ones ( such as ‘irregardless’). This is mostly true because words are not sentient and have no free will to do … Continue reading →

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Coming Down is Harder

Posted on November 19, 2024 by stacyandjohn

After climbing up a whole mountain I was hoping for a certain cliche to appear before me. Actually, I was praying for that cliche, longing for it! Which is dangerous, as cliches are the core of bad writing and sloppy … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Albergue in the World! meh.

Posted on November 2, 2024 by stacyandjohn

Stacy and I came out of the Pyrenees, wind blown and exhausted. So exhausted that the walls of the Roncevalles Orreaga albergue which loomed over us like a 1960’s Hammer Vampire film didn’t impress us. They should have, and on … Continue reading →

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The Climb to Roncesvalles

Posted on October 19, 2024 by stacyandjohn

I am a history nerd. Folks like us are usually called Buffs, as in History Buff, but I am not a “buff” when it comes to history. A buff is a passive little thing that can be blown away with … Continue reading →

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“So, lemme ‘esplain, no, there is too much, lemme sum up.” or, Why Buddhists are Annoyingly Quiet.

Posted on September 25, 2024 by stacyandjohn

“So, lemme ‘esplain, no, there is too much, lemme sum up.”—that’s one of my favorite quotes from ‘The Princess Bride”, a film I might unfriend you for not liking. It’s near the end of the film when a thick accented … Continue reading →

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