Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers

Peddler of ditties. Tinkerer.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

Ode to a Washing Machine Impulse Purchase

I desired for you
& didn't think it through...
And now you're here
For good, I fear

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

My friend said apricot pie isn't an Albuquerque thing. He suggested I make pastelitos. They're like little fruit bars/handheld mini pies, like fruit squares. So now you know.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

For Thanksgiving: dried apricot green chile pie. I'll test out a recipe this weekend.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

"Ear to the Ground," our local music showcase on https://t.co/ej3HhScJWp, introduced me to Suzanne Teng and Gilbert Levy. To find and listen to their album "Shimmer,"as well as other music, please go to https://t.co/ea6b6PjpDh.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

Don't live by comparison. I think people who do end up needing this world to be a toilet and everyone in it to be scum because that normalizes whatever horrible things they have done or will do... normalizes, by comparison.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

If I stare into the abyss, I observe the abyss. If the abyss stares back into me, the abyss observes me. Does that mean if I stare into the abyss it creates some kind of quantum observer effect cubed or something?

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

I can be just as cruel and enjoy my cruelty as much as other damaged persons. That doesn't mean I should.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

I am destructible and finite. I am fragile and easily hurt. These are some of the reasons it is important when I am purposely kind and caring towards other beings.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

The album, "Some of Us," is available on many streaming services. Is it as creepy as this image? Stream it and find out!

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

With this talk of kindness and compassion it's important to note that one doesn't have to become a doormat.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

So I have to check with my husband to make sure that, when I'm interacting with someone and I'm stressed, I'm still being kind, which can be tricky for someone with paranoia.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

On Halloween, the frights (in general) aren't real, but gravity is real. The sun and moon are real. Other people are real. Their feelings are real. It's good to keep all this in mind when normal people seem frightening. Their feelings are real. I should try to be kind, if I can.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

I have paranoia. That means people frighten me. How strange to discover people are also the solution.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

@jonimitchell My husband. I spend a lot of time with him. He often pleads with me to go make some music.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

Which leads to a more settled and contented mind - people are generally awful, even the ones who seem nice, or - people are generally nice, even the ones who seem awful?

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

When something one imagines might be true transitions to something one is certain must be true, with insufficient evidence to support either, that may well be what we call a delusion. Take it from one who's been there.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

Available on streaming services today, the album "Some of Us," a look at human beings in groups and alone. What do I think of us? Stream it and find out!

#NewMusic #NewRelease #OutNow #distrokid

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

"Some of Us" is streaming Friday. It might be that odd music that only a few people get. You might want to listen and find out!

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

Think of it this way. Your job is not the thing you do for money. Your job is not to right wrongs. Your job is not to get even. Your job is to get better, to reach your potential as the best, the most compassionate, the most understanding person you can be.

[Robert Bruce Jackson Caruthers @bruce_caruthers]

You can address a purposeful hurt though. You can say it hurts, you can ask why. Just don't expect too much.