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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Living Abundance
Based on this morning’s sermon at House of Prayer which centered on Galatians 6:7-10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+6%3A7-10&version=NIV “7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, Depth, Galatians, House of Prayer, Perseverance, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Reap, Sermon, Sow, Spirit
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Desperately Clinging
Desperately Clinging by Michael Romani Desperately clinging to hope We know we are wrong Dreaming these dreams We knew were too wrong We hang on and on Desperate to somehow go on No matter the cost Even after all is … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems, Second Life
Tagged Clinging, Desparation, Done, Dreams, Goodbye, Lost, Photographs, Poetry, Tears
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Time Spent On the Harvard Classics: Stonehenge – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s biggest long term influence in culture was first and foremost as the leader of the transcendentalist movement in mid-19th century America. As such, he was seen as championing individualism and a leading critic of the pressures from … Continue reading
Dimension
Dimension by Michael Romani It’s not a matter of pretension To say that life is often a matter Of complications seen in dimension It is a thing in which spacing can shatter Tabling together or kept apart These are things … Continue reading
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Tagged Conversation, Inspiration, Interior Design, Intimacy, Love, Photographs, Poetry, Soul, Spacing
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WordPress #Daily Prompt – Pest
Sifting through my photos, I was hard pressed to find anything that would be a pest. Well, maybe Ally thinks I am at times. But, you know.. calling myself a pest would just not be right.. and could be used … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Lady Bug, Pest, Photo, Second Life, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Free Thought Protects Against the Rise of Dictatorship
“Freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorships.” —Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) Andrei D. Sakharov was the Russian designer … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocate, Andrei Sakharov, Civil Liberty, Dictatorship, Free Speech, Free Thought, Freedom, Nobel Prize, Nuclear, Protect, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Spirit of the People Preserves Our Republic’s Vigor
“The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in … Continue reading
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Tagged Canker, Consttution, Degeneracy, First Principles, General Welfare, Mob Rule, Republic, Spirit, Strength, Thomas Jefferson, Vigor
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Time Spent On the Harvard Classics: Of Agriculture – Abraham Cowley
“We may talk what we please,” he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, “of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles, in fields d’or or d’argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Cowley, Essay, Harvard Classics, Literature, Of Agriculture, Poet, Western Civilization
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Material Language
Material Language by Michael Romani The things that touch the skin Are the things that we let in Speaking to us in coded language Each giving compelling advantage Brought to life under light Ideally blended just right To assemble in … Continue reading
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Tagged Composite, Design, Language, Material, Photograph, Poetry
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WordPress # Weekly Photo Challenge – Satisfaction
A Merry-Go-round of Unicorn Satisfaction:
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Second Life
Tagged Merry-Go-Round, Satisfaction, Second Life, Unicorn, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wordpress
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 