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neck bared to his mouth heart thrown open to his words exquisite poison • Donovan Baldwin

Early in the beginning hours of a new day, a Sunday, the start of our week, it's not strange to muse a bit about "newness". Newness can be good, I guess. What I'm thinking, is that, in today's world we ARE flooded, "inundated" by such a constant and overwhelming stream of "new" information, we sometimes forget what is "new" to us, may have been around for a long time. Itmay already be known to many other people in fact. Doesn't necessarily lessen the importance of the lesson (Catch that word play?). The fact that we have learned a fact, or been inspired to give thought to a thought, has an importance of its own beyond the value of the information itself. Years ago, I first read this statement by Francis Bacon (1561-1626) "Reading maketh a full man; conference [discussion or debate] a ready man; and writing an exact man." The point being, I guess, that, just as with physical fitness, mental exercise is of value in keeping a healthy mind. The body doesn't care how old the barbells are that it lifts, and responds to. Lifting, moving, and examining the thoughts of others, can help make OUR minds stronger and better prepared to live in this challenging, and, often contradictory, world. Exercising our minds, even with old thoughts, might just give us new strengths. • Donovan Baldwin

I know your body, and, Material man, Must say I love "you". That is "who" you are, Yet, body alone is not the attraction, Nor magnet, to hold my attention. The spirit within, behind, That beating heart, Excitement of your gasping breast, Your mind, which caught, And yet holds me. • Donovan Baldwin

Once again, looking back over the 78+ years of my life, I come to a conclusion... of sorts... almost. Right? Wrong? I can only say it makes sense to me. Maybe not to you... and that's my point... sort of... Just, as I like to say, thinking out loud. I hear a lot today that one topic or another is a "minefield"... meaning, anywhere you wander in it, you are risking something, or somebody, exploding in your face... injuring, if not your body, then your mind, your beliefs, your equanimity, your relationships... your view of yourself and the world. I personally believe a lot of the "explosions" come from the ability of anybody to put any thought up on the internet... or take exception to someone else's thought or opinion, but, not all. Some have been happening all along, I don't believe these "minefields" are new. In fact, looking back over my life, and the history I've lived through, life itself is a minefield. There is always the chance to take the "wrong" step, to move in a "dangerous" direction. The actual chance of "explosion" depends to some extent on a person's volume of activity in living. There's sayings I've seen from various sources that essentially say that if you haven't made a mistake, or made someone angry, or caused someone to think, you haven't done anything. A certain amount of truth there, I believe. Hope that opinion doesn't blow up in my face. • Donovan Baldwin