Author Archives: Morgan Mussell

They Shall Not Grow Old – a movie review

Posted on January 23, 2019

Since its release last November, I’ve wanted to see Peter Jackson’s First World War documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old. On Monday I got my chance. As the film opens, Jackson explains that in 2014, he was invited by the … Continue reading →

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The War on Beauty

Posted on January 17, 2019

I was in grade school during the height of the cold war, the decade of duck and cover hydrogen bomb drills and Nikita Kruschchev pounding his shoe and promising to bury us. But what I feared most from the “red … Continue reading →

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An End of Year Blessing from Anam Thubten

Posted on December 29, 2018

I wrote a number of posts about Anam Thubten in the early years of this blog. Not so many lately, though that may change in the future. I’ve followed his teachings for the last dozen years – via his books, … Continue reading →

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James Hillman on Educating the Imagination

Posted on December 10, 2018

It’s no surprise to discover that the roots of our current national tribulations have deep roots. James Hillman died in 2011. I am unable to find a date for this talk, but he references the administration of George W. Bush, … Continue reading →

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Who and What Divide Us?

Posted on November 16, 2018

A Camp Fire evacuee plays with an abandoned dog, Chico, CA, Nov. 15 Daily updates on the deadliest fire in California history are almost too horrific to take in. The Camp Fire, named after its place of origin on Camp … Continue reading →

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Last night I dreamed Roy Rogers died…

Posted on October 4, 2018

Roy Rogers was my first boyhood hero. For a time, around the age of three or four, I refused to answer to “Morgan,” insisting that my parents call me Roy. No matter that any residual appreciation for him collapsed during … Continue reading →

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An Avian Stray

Posted on August 17, 2018

Last Friday afternoon, I came home from various errands to find a magpie with a broken wing in the back yard. Seeming dazed, it was swung its head back and forth, as if its vision was impaired, and flapped wings … Continue reading →

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Stories…again.

Posted on August 4, 2018

Yesterday, at the monthly breakfast meeting of the Sacramento Branch of the California Writer’s Club, someone asked what I blog about – an excellent question. Though it might not be obvious looking at eight years worth of posts here, it … Continue reading →

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