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Monthly Archives: June 2017
Anyhow, Any Way
The sermon today was based on Romans 12:1-8: http://www.biblica.com/bible/online-bible/niv/romans/12 Anyhow, Any Way by Michael Romani In that bustle of our everyday We come anyhow, in any way To draw nearer to our Lord Following His word like our sword Drawn out … Continue reading
First Principles: Truth Does Not Fear Reasonable Inquiry
“Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them…” – Dr. Benjamin Rush, Founding Father When someone tells you that something is a settled matter and … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Rush, Discussion, Error, Founding Father, Intelligent Inquiry, Sincerity, Temperance, Truth
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Elegy
The challenge by my eldest daughter, Angelique, goes on. In return for sharing the incomparable writing styles and lessons that might be garnered from an old television series called The Twilight Zone, she asked for one simple thing. “Daddy, write me … Continue reading
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Tagged Elegy, Eternity, Home, Illusion, Peace, Photographs, Poetry, Second Life, The Twilight Zone, Tomorrow, Writing
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Thought For the Day: Paint the Truth In Broad Strokes (and In Fine Detail Too)
“There is room enough for a natural painter. The great vice of the present day is bravura, an attempt to do something beyond the truth.” – John Constable The way this quote actually read in context before shortened to accommodate … Continue reading
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Tagged Bravura, Falsehood, Integrity, John Constable, Natural, Truth
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Creekside Bridge
There is a lot of beauty to be found in Second Life. I spend a lot of time photographing it. it. In my real life, my ex-wife destroyed over 14,000 photographs as we divorced. It’s a shame. But, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Second Life
Tagged Beauty, Bridge, Creekside, Flickr, Focus, Life, Memories, Overcoming, Photographs, Second Life, Windlights
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Proactive Health: Establishing Your Core Principles I – Mindfulness
As nearly always, I believe the best approach to mostly everything is to realize that while facts change as newer knowledge is learned, principles generally stay the same. There’s good reason for that. The principles are the core to everything. … Continue reading
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Tagged Helth, Mindful Awareness, Mindfulness, Principles, Proactive, Self Care
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Pragmatic Utopia
Pragmatic Utopia by Michael Romani I want to live In a mountain Where I can take and give Like a drink from a fountain More of a home And less of a house A pragmatic utopia Brought to life Reshaping … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems, Second Life
Tagged Ally Romani, Architect, Architecture, Dance With Me, Home, Memories, Photographs, Poems, Poetry, Pragmatic, Second Life, Utopia
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First Principles: Disarming A People Is the Best Way to Enslave Them
“To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason Some might see the sense of the above quote but still wonder who George Mason is. Hs name seems at times to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Constitution, Disarm, Enslavement, Geroge Mason, Right to Bear Arms
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Thought For the Day: A True Friend Is More Esteemed Than Family
“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is to be more esteemed than kinship.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero You can read … Continue reading
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Tagged Cicero, Family, Friendship, Harvard Classics, Life, Sun, Thought For the Day
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In Scale
In Scale by Michael Romani To dream with a passion to build Oh, what power it does hold and wield With dreams felt, lived without restraint Prevailing over life without constraint The moment of making dreams into reality It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Building, Dreams, Fantasy, Function, Libretto, Music of the Spheres, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Reality, Scale, Shaper, Shapes, Transformative
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