Monthly Archives: July 2017

Days of Reconnection

Posted on July 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Days of Reconnection by Michael Romani A solid need for authentication Takes the photographer back with fascination To where people do not live in pantomime And care less as life forms its lines There as laugh or frowns worn on … Continue reading →

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Transfiguration (Of the Son)

Posted on July 6, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Wednesday night service was an improvised look centered on The Book of Matthew 17. Transfiguration (Of the Son) by Michael Romani I guess I’m just asking why do you hate What we all know that our God loves? No need to … Continue reading →

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WordPress Daily Prompt for 7/5/2017 – Pluck

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

No matter how you pluck No matter what you strum With any sort of luck A song forms in the sum And its melody plays on Long after the crowds are gone

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Long Live Walter Jameson

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in the series dedicated to The Twilight Zone and as requested by my eldest daughter, from Season 1, Episode 24: Long Live Walter Jameson by Michael Romani There in that timeless dimension Of which the mortal coil might mention There … Continue reading →

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WordPress Daily Prompt 7/4/2017 – Sail

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

I want to sail away…

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: 1001 Nights – The Story Told By the Tailor

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

When I was a child, my mother had taught me how to read even before I went to kindergarten.  She did so through telling my sister and I stories from a variety of sources and embarrassingly perhaps by allowing me … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Acquiring Knowledge and Wisdom Is Necessary to Self-Government

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused.  A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with power which knowledge gives.  A … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Christianity Brings Political and Spiritual Freedom

Posted on July 5, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Tom Paine generally took a critical stance when dealing with religion and the church, but in 1775, in an essay entitled, “Thoughts on Defensive War” he wrote as follows: “In the barbarous ages of the world, men in general had … Continue reading →

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Suck In Cool

Posted on July 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Suck In Cool by Michael Romani I was my own kind of bad boy Back in the days I was in school I had all kinds of jokes that I would employ I grew up strong being nobody’s fool I … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The United States Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Declaration of Independence declared this on behalf of the rebellious thirteen American colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain as thirteen sovereign states that joined together as the United States of America.  Most of us celebrate this on July 4, 1776.  … Continue reading →

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