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One Year After

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Carl Kruse

I had to kill myself to be born again. Cabo da Roca, the western point of Europe. On 20th September 2021, I took off with three bags and fled Italy. […]

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Lisbon Diaries From an Erasmus Girl

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Carl Kruse

by Asia Leonardi for the Carl Kruse Blog Day one wasn’t the best. It must have been the tiredness of the plane, or perhaps the immediate awareness of being in […]

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On the Wonders of Classical Music

February 9, 2021May 7, 2022 Carl Kruse

by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog I have always listened to classical music, though perhaps that’s rather too vague a term for all of the wonderful varieties […]

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Marcus Aurelius Meditations

February 29, 2020May 4, 2020 Carl Kruse

by Carl Kruse Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations” is one of 8-10 books that peer at me from my desk, and if inanimate books emit energy I feel that of the Meditations […]

Personal Statistics At Life’s End

June 9, 2017May 23, 2018 Carl Kruse

I love yous said. Books read. Countries visited. Kisses given. Genuine friendships. Deep conversations. Impulsive actions. Savage come backs. Soulmates met. Dogs owned. Dogs petted. All the live music I […]

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Freedom From Artificiality

May 25, 2017October 21, 2020 Carl Kruse

Kuei-shan asked Yun-yen, “What is the seat of enlightenment?” Yun-yen said, “Freedom from artificiality.”- Kuei-shan (771-854)Freedom from artificiality.  I like that. Carl Kruse

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