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IS THE IMAGE REAL?

IS THE IMAGE REAL?

The image is as real as any I have known: vivid, sharp, and sure. The sun is very high and hot. I am running as fast as a runner may ever run. The images of crows and clouds preoccupy the very front of my mind. Suddenly, I am suspended. I am upside down. I take stock...
THE SHADOW MAN

THE SHADOW MAN

It is surpassing strange that reality is something that can be all of one thing in one moment, and be some entirely different thing in the next.   Take for example the experience of sleep.  We wrestle with problems, sometimes even solve them, and then awaken to sort...
Nights on the Ground

Nights on the Ground

I suppose it must be what they call the soul that keeps memories in some secret place and in some particular order. Through the miracle of social media, I have been able say hello and a little more to my friend Jim. We worked, hiked, and talked our way across America,...
The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth

It has been the dream of science for a long time to be able to solve a crime by discovering when a witness is lying or telling the truth.  In an earlier and more innocent time, the eye witness was thought to be the gold standard of courtroom evidence.  But there,...