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Turn On Your Brights
I turned on my brights as I entered the tunnel carved through the mountain. How was this shadowy passageway made – by buckets of sweat and sheer…
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Russell C. Smith
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We Live in a World
We live in a world where frittata rhymes with medulla oblongata. Ten out of ten people on the planet prefer peace over war. And yet, war still rages. Go…
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Russell C. Smith
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Dear THE NEW NOW readers / #3
The New Now eBook will be on sale for a week, for $1.99, starting on Tuesday, October 31st. Welcome to our Halloween sale! Thanks to all who are…
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Dear THE NEW NOW readers #2
Dear THE NEW NOW readers: Since joining Substack about a year ago, I’ve been posting chapters from The New Now, Manifestos, Reinventions & Declarations…
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Higher Standards
Either my standards are too high, or my highs are too standard, Ruby Louise said to me in a moment of lucidity. Another thing she said was, I remember…
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Dear THE NEW NOW readers
Social Philosophy, I like the ring of that
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Texting Mona Lisa
I texted Mona Lisa. She said she was hung up. I said I can dig it. What are you hung up about? I liked life better when Lennie was painting me. I felt…
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