An early 20th century response to Reids anguish.

Talk Happiness. The world is sad enough
Without your woes. No path is wholly rough;
Look for the places that are smooth...

Mania and Melancholia
By Reid Baer

Dr. Robert Moore told me once
he thought I tended to run a
little hot or maybe it was
a lot - more red hot – and...

Not So Triste After All
By Reid Baer

I’m decidedly for the consideration
of combing the two: cynicism and our
modern sentimentality - like a pair of
...

Shrinking The Confusion
By Reid Baer

So this is the
discernment of
life learning to
say no to the
wrong people and
yes to the right

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D.H. Lawrence Revisited
By Reid Baer

Money, money, money
I must spend your money!
Every last bit of it –
every copper penny
tax your hard earned...

Howdy Doody Time!
By Reid Baer

When I was very young
smiling wasn’t for fun.
It was a visual aid.
A family secret and
a pathetic charade.
...

Skipping School
By Reid Baer

It is sinus weather today;
overcast skies are to blame, they
make me sleepy so I dose in
a kind way – getting up to eat

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Casual Mormonism
By Reid Baer

The doctrine is true and yet I
wonder if the underbelly
of dogma has kept this blessed
tribe and its psychological
...

GOING TO COLLEGE
By Reid Baer

I grew up in Indiana -
a university town - with
parents as university
professors in a family
of compliant scholars...

To Be or Not to Be Awake!
By Reid Baer

To be aware of my inner
will or not - that is the question:
whether 'tis easier in the mind

To martyr...