thanks :)

thank you!

I read your wonderful tale and wrote a brief reply. Thank you for checking out his site - I know he's not currently active, but until the last 3-4 months he posted as actively as I and encouraged me in

A beautiful tale of compassion and selflessness, Arthur. I was really touched.

I'm sure you'll be around, Arthur, and our different viewpoints do not affect our friendship, I assure you. I think we are both wise enough to not seek clones for friends :)

ha ha, high strangeness is always intriguing :)

That's a very generous thing for you to do, Arthur - You remind me of my friend, @creatr, and how he has made his whole archive available on his site. This generous spirit enriches the steemit site.

I think somewhere inside you, you still believe - as for spiritual experiences, I'm not surprised because we are spirits who possess a soul and live in a body. I'd be careful quoting Trump because the

I knew you would appreciate it, Arthur - writing is like living - you live for life

Definitely, then - but like all celebrities, she's an idea more than a reality - an image carefully crafted.

ha ha...so true :)

No, I haven't Arthur, nor have I anthologized and published my archive of over 500 stories and probably as many poems. I really only published one book, A Familiar Rain, now being revised and unavailable

Thank you!

That first one is a form of wry (raw?) humour :) It reminds me of a dream I had last night. I was back teaching and needed photocopies so I left the classroom and got distracted and forgot to go back.

Thank you, Arthur - I think you liked the Horace poem - I thought a lyrical flourish at the end would provide a fitting closure - Mind you, I began with Pericles, so Maybe Horace provided the bow on the

Thanks, Arthur - I'm a little partial to this tale so I'm biased I suppose. It's always difficult reading characters' motives - she has a very good reason for being stand-offish. Got to admit, I'm crushing

Thank you!

Exactly...a wind-down after the summer :) Thanks, Billy

I think certain religions such as Mormonism posit the idea of living an afterlife on other planets but your philosophy is certainly unique. Buddhism teaches that a soul can advance to the point where it

I think there's a lot of wisdom in your outlook on money. I also agree with your final statement about neither extreme being good for us. A simple life frees us to enjoy the really important things but