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The Absent Answer

Reflections on life. Mercifully brief. (The reflections, not the life.)

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A Curious and Fascinated Darkness

August 25, 2025July 25, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

"Am I the one who is sitting, or am I the stone?"

A thought about kindness

August 11, 2025July 28, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Please remember this. From The School of Life.

Tao Te Ching (Daodejing) by Lao Tzu

August 4, 2025July 28, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

It is the way of Heaven not to speak, and yet it is skilful in obtaining a reply. It does not call, and yet men come to it of themselves.

The Mind of God

July 28, 2025July 31, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

We have come so far. Can science ever explain everything?

The mystery of the present 

July 23, 2025July 28, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

The riddle of the present is the deepest of all the riddles of time. Paul Tillich.

Absolute Silence

July 21, 2025July 28, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

In the face of the ineffable, we can find no thoughts or words.

The Munchausen Trilemma

July 14, 2025July 21, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Eventually logic always fails.

The hollow fabric

June 30, 2025July 28, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Every moment you care to define is a close-packed shelf of finer, and yet finer ones without end.

The Impossible

June 14, 2025July 28, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Why are we so fascinated by the locked room mystery? Maybe Les Murray had an answer.

The mystified and the credulous

June 7, 2025July 28, 2025 ~ Joanna Baker ~ Leave a comment

Robert Dessaix has a wicked feeling.

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