Author Archives: Travis Gibbs
September 1, 2012: A Grin and Grim Short Story, Part I
Brought to you by Fun with Words,™ a division of Book-in-Drawer Publications. ™ Warning: The following may seem cynical and depressing, but is actually meant to be an inoculation against cynical and depressing. Somewhere in a “beginning” was communication. It was tough because communication requires at least two voices, whether within one entity or between […]
- By Travis Gibbs
- On Sep, 01, 2012
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A Grin and Grim Short Story, Part II
Still brought to you by Fun with Words,™ a division of Book-in-Drawer Publications. ™ Warning: The following may seem cynical and depressing, but is actually meant to be an inoculation against cynical and depressing. All right, the part I scenario above all seems kind of grim and not much grin—and for good reason. It is […]
- By Travis Gibbs
- On Sep, 01, 2012
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Renewal Four : Stories With Sharp Teeth
Renewal Four : Stories With Sharp Teeth After all of these recent changes, the loss of my mother and an intimate relationship, there is a dullness that seems to pervade me, like I’m some thick, gelatinous blob that is moving infinitely more slowly than my intention to move. Still, I hear
Read More- By Travis Gibbs
- On Apr, 01, 2001
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Renewal Three : Polishing Both Sides Of The Coin
Renewal Three : Polishing Both Sides Of The Coin My mother was an interesting character. A strong and opinionated Scorpio, she passed away on Friday, February 15, 2002 in the same hospital my father passed away some 32 years earlier. It was a premature death, despite the fact she was 84 or 85 (the year […]
Read More- By Travis Gibbs
- On Mar, 22, 2001
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Renewal Two : Critical Periods
Renewal Two : Critical Periods After the death of my mother and another relationship, both of which occurred in tandem, I find myself relentlessly bouncing between a broad range of thoughts and feelings.
- By Travis Gibbs
- On Mar, 01, 2001
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Renewal: One : Chasing Our Tails
One : Chasing Our Tails (For thoughts about being in the present moment, go to: More About the Now in eThoughts.) Somewhere in the foothills of Southern California, a young man stood desperately trying to practice what he had been taught to practice: attention to surroundings, critical analysis, synthesizing information into a cohesive unit, connecting […]
Read More- By Travis Gibbs
- On Feb, 25, 2001
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Introduction to Renewal
Introduction to Renewal One problem inherent with the process of inquiry is that it may touch the intellect, but it often tends to leave much of the rest of the body out of the process. Of course the idea is to organize our experiences and provide a cohesive framework from which to direct our lives,
Read More- By Travis Gibbs
- On Feb, 01, 2001
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Preface to Renewal
Preface to Renewal Are we products of creation or creators? To what extent are we free to create and to what extent are our beings and our lives determined? How much does intention matter?
Read More- By Travis Gibbs
- On Jan, 22, 2001
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Recent Thoughts
- May 1, 2024: The Inclusion-Exclusion Craziness
- April 2, 2024: A Very Partial Story of an Old Man in the Woods in the Midst of Life’s Transient Things
- March, 1, 2024: Wisdom is Not a Singular Category
- February 1, 2024: Today’s Hunter-Gatherer Hunts for Information
- January 1, 2024: Hijacked: Time for a New Year
- December 1, 2023: Learning, Biology, Communication, Technology, Energy, and Alchemy
- November 1, 2023: Pre- and Post-Traumatic Stress
- October 1, 2023: When Language Becomes an Altar Instead of an Exchange
- September 1, 2023: No Wretch We Be (The Rant Continues)
- August 1, 2023: Magnifique! The In-Between Scene
- July 1, 2023: Intimacy Disorder: Humanities’ Adoption of Unrealistic Fear (so far)
- June 1, 2023: Integrative-Self Disorder and Integrative-Civil Disorder
- May 1, 2023: The Big Pretend
- April 2, 2023: Inflammation
- March 1, 2023: The Premise-Check Light is On: The Simple Life Myth
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What people are saying
- Travis Gibbs on April 2, 2020: A Very Partial Story of Janis May
- Queenofchaos06 on April 2, 2020: A Very Partial Story of Janis May
- Travis Gibbs on November 1, 2019: The Trouble with Civility, Part II
- Edgar on November 1, 2019: The Trouble with Civility, Part II
- Travis Gibbs on July 1, 2019: Stoical in a Time of General Sorrow?
- Edgar on July 1, 2019: Stoical in a Time of General Sorrow?
- Edgar on January 31, 2019: Mind Hack: Part Deux (see the blog dated December 10, 2016)
- Travis Gibbs on January 31, 2019: Mind Hack: Part Deux (see the blog dated December 10, 2016)
- Edgar on January 31, 2019: Mind Hack: Part Deux (see the blog dated December 10, 2016)
- Travis Gibbs on April 29, 2018: A World of Full of Intersections
- Edgar on April 29, 2018: A World of Full of Intersections
- Travis Gibbs on March 26, 2018: Part IV: Courage
- Edgar on March 26, 2018: Part IV: Courage
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- Travis Gibbs on July 17, 2016: Making American Great Again? Telling it like it is?
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- Travis Gibbs on June 10, 2016: The Ratings Phenomenon
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- Travis Gibbs on June 7, 2016: Who Can Use the Toilet?
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- Travis Gibbs on June 3, 2014: God and Machine
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- Travis Gibbs on September 9, 2013: The Not Even Ready for Bumper-Sticker Philosophy
- Travis Gibbs on More Same Ol’, Same Ol’: November 25, 2013
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- Lyla on September 9, 2013: The Not Even Ready for Bumper-Sticker Philosophy
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- Travis Gibbs on Renewal: One : Chasing Our Tails
- Travis Gibbs on More Caring and Less Carrying?: Political Diversions, Part II
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- eThoughts: Freedom, Choice, and Enlightenment on Renewal The Non-Ordinary Reference Pages
- eThoughts: Holidays, Good Will, Genuineness, Control, Awareness, Love, Grace, and Experience | Travisgibbs.com on eThoughts : We Are and the Age of Clarity
- eThoughts: Freedom, Choice, and Enlightenment | Travisgibbs.com on Renewal Six : Choice Eventually Limits Choice
- Nice on Renewal: One : Chasing Our Tails