some recent cr posts in FB:
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December 6 at 7:20am -

walking in the rain
in the early Sunday morning dark
it's easy to be here
now  
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December 5 at 5:43am -

I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats. – Eckhart Tolle
I don't know about Neo, but Sagwa for sure...
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this morning -
the old guy Phil, and my umbrella sword:
Phil -
I didn't know his name for the longest time. The old man Phil was this old guy walking along the street every morning when I passed by on my way to work. He had this angry look on his face, and I thought "angry, old man". I retired in Jan 06, and I continued to see Phil on his morning walks... Around 4 or 5 years ago, I noticed that he was slowing down. Visiting with a neighbor, I realized that he wasn't angry so much as just fighting off old age, and death. I watched as he moved from a slowing pace to one cane. Then two canes, followed by a walker... Then no more Phil. I miss that old guy. He was one of my heroes.
Sword -
Yesterday morning, the rain stopped halfway through my walk. It was a heavy rain when I started walking, but like many North-westerners, I don't like using umbrellas unless it's REALLY raining! I rolled up my giant yellow and blue Ikea umbrella, and I realized that it turned into a sword like thing. I thought to myself, "I can now protect myself against those Muslim Terrorists!" re - one of the Donald's latest proclamations...