GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

The repeated pattern betrayed the faux stone floor from the spring of the 21st century.

The boy drew a large oval with eyes, nostrils, and a smile.

He proudly presented this egg to mom.

We asked him to sign the drawing.

To help, I wrote his name in big letters, all uppercase as an architect would.

My daughter stepped in and taught him proper capitalization.

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Whence things have their origin,
Thence also their destruction happens,
As is the order of things;
For they execute the sentence upon one another
– The condemnation for the crime –
In conformity with the ordinance of Time.

The sole surviving fragment from the philosophy of Anaximander.

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Roman Mosaic Depicting Anaximander with Sundial, Johannisstraße, Trier, Early 3rd century CE.

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