Tag Archives: children

Child of the Sun

Posted on March 19, 2013 by stephenarcher

I have four words for my son for his learn­ing. These are spring­boards. They (you know, “them”) will teach him how to read and add/subtract in those rooms. After that (before that really, as in right now), this, these: Pas­sion Curios­ity … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Is Better Than

Posted on October 13, 2012 by stephenarcher

Curios­ity is bet­ter than know­ing things: Touch this. Touch that: Touch.

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Flowers on Maui

Posted on September 16, 2012 by stephenarcher

My son fears no per­son. He (lit­er­ally) runs to strangers. I have a prob­lem with this. The prob­lem is me. I do not run to any­one, stranger or oth­er­wise. I wait for them to get their asses over to me. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ping…Pong

Posted on August 1, 2012 by stephenarcher

When I lived in Atlanta I played ping pong ( dur­ing the Olympics you call it Table Ten­nis). I would go to Keith’s house and on the way I would stop at the biggetst Farmer’s Mar­ket ever. I bought what­ever … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Endless

Posted on November 29, 2011 by stephenarcher

So, son, its now, this moment, this moment. You are chang­ing me. Do you have enough of your­self to hear this and believe it? Can it roll through you as the truth with­out some shad­owy part of you telling you … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Summertime 2

Posted on August 2, 2011 by stephenarcher

Ran­dom advice for me: Laugh lots (more) Show my teeth when I smile. Uh, smile. Love peo­ple, use things, not vice versa. Show up. Nur­ture curios­ity. Believe in gen­eros­ity. Lis­ten­ing is bet­ter than speak­ing. Play. Push play.

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Summertime

Posted on July 17, 2011 by stephenarcher

I would sit some­where, quiet, always alone and think to myself: This sec­ond. I am never going to for­get, this sec­ond. I would try to put that moment onto some promi­nent, mural in my mem­ory so I could remem­ber it … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Molten

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stephenarcher

Today I learned that 65% of the stars we see burn­ing through the draped vel­vet are really dou­ble stars. If one looks through a tele­scope it is two stars most of the time. I am think­ing of rela­tion­ships. The bright ones are … Con­tinue read­ing →

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More

Posted on May 18, 2011 by stephenarcher

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Chorus

Posted on February 21, 2011 by stephenarcher

Chorus Con­tinue read­ing →

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