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Monthly Archives: August 2017
WordPress – #Weekly Photo Challenge – Elemental
Breath of Heaven
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Glare
Into the Mouth of An Angry Clown
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Tagged Clown, Daily Prompt, Glare, Monster, Photograph, Second Life, Wordpress
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First Principles: The Constitution Constrains the Government Not the People
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry
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Tagged Constitution, Government, Patrick Henry, People, Purpose, Restrain
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Thought For the Day: Some Notes You Have To Find For Yourself
“We all do ‘do, re, mi’, but you have to find the other notes yourself.” – Louis Armstrong In Western music, it really does come down to the fundamentals of a 12 tone scale. The Sound of Music is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bend, Louis Armstrong, Microtone, Notes, Originality, Ownership, Phrasing, Scale, Thought For the Day, Voicing, Whole Tone
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Life of Dr. Donne – Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton is best known as the author of The Compleat Angler. He also wrote a series of short biographies. These have been established as a collection called Walton’s Lives. Among these is The Life of Dr. Donne. An interesting aspect about his … Continue reading
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Tagged Biography, Harvard Classics, Izaak Walton, Poet, Poetry, Prose, Study, The Life of Dr. Donne
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Spicy
Salsa with an angel …
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Photographs, Salsa, Second Life, Spicy, Wordpress
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First Principles: Part of the Greatness of America Rests In Learning From Mistakes
“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” – Alexis de Toqueville A classic example of this might currently be in how much latitude we … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis de Toqueville, America, Balance, First Principles, Greatness, Growing, Learning, Mistakes, Repair, Restore, Stronger
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Thought For the Day: Daring to Be A Little Crazy Is A Great Business Plan
“The day when people start telling you that you’re crazy, you just might be on to the most important innovation in your life.” – Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and CTO of Oracle
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Tagged Business, Computer, Daring, Image, Innovation, Larry Ellison, Oracle, Thought For the Day
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Short Poetry Form Workshop – Tritina #2
How to write a Tritina. • three stanzas of tercets (3 lines) • one envoy of one line • Lines may be of any length. • The first line of each tercet after the first ends with the same word … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems, Second Life
Tagged Eyes, Love, Poetry, Second Life, Short Form, Soul, Tercet, Tritina, Workshop
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Short Poetry Form Workshop – Tritina #1
How to write a Tritina. • three stanzas of tercets (3 lines) • one envoy of one line • Lines may be of any length. • The first line of each tercet after the first ends with the same word … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged God, Heaven, Poetry, Short Form, Stanza, Tercet, Tritina, Workshop
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 