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Writer, artist, and flatulent old man.
The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โOur merchants and master-manufacturers complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price, and thereby lessening the sale . . .โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โAs a man of civil profession seems awkward in a camp or a garrison, and is even in some danger of being despised there, so does an idle man among men of business.โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โMoney, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more. The great difficulty is to get that little.โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โThe greatness of a state and the happiness of its subjects, however independent they may be supposed in some respects, are commonly allowed to be inseparable with regard to commerce.โ โ David Hume, ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โPoverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil, and so severe . . .โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โServants, labourers and workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. But what improves the . . .โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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The story concludes.
โThe Ontological Proofโ โ 11. Teleology
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โA man is of all sorts of luggage the most difficult to be transported.โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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The story continues . . .
โThe Ontological Proofโ โ 10. Necessity
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โMasters are always and every where in a sort of tacit, but constant and uniform combination, not to raise the wages of labour . . .โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ
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Today would have been my mom's 93rd birthday, but she passed away almost a year ago, just a few days after her 92nd. It took me a while to draft a decent obituary.
And today, in the El Paso Times, appears the obituary of Carol Louise Callis. www.elpasotimes.com/obituaries/p...
The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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The story continues . . .
โThe Ontological Proofโ โ 9. Contingency
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โWhat are the common wages of labour, depends every where upon the contract usually made between those two parties, whose interests are . . . .โ โ Adam Smith, ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด
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The story continues . . .
โThe Ontological Proofโ โ 8. Shout The Ways
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โFoul words is but foul wind and foul wind is but foul breath.โ โ William Shakespeare, ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 5.2
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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The story continues . . .
โThe Ontological Proofโ โ 7. Better, Mutatis Mutandis, Than Its Opposite
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โIn a false quarrel there is no true valour.โ โ William Shakespeare, ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 5.1
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The Sandia Mountains Project โ A year in the life of a mountain, one day at a time.
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The story continues . . .
โThe Ontological Proofโ โ 6. Eagles Fly On Fridays
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Good morning. From The Commonplace Book:
โThere was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently, however they have writ the style of gods, and make a pish at chance and sufferance.โ โ William Shakespeare, ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 5.1
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