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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Odyssey, Book 10 – Homer
We have discussed the Odyssey and Homer on a previous post. Due to pending evening visitation with the two princesses and a need to spend time with Ally prior to this, please enjoy the reading and the listening linked below. Promise … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Greece, Epic, Harvard Classics, Homer, Journey, Literature, Odyssey
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Nightmare As A Child
Nightmare As A Child by Michael Romani A quiet child sits alone on the stairwell The teacher stops to talk, listening to her tale Over hot chocolate for two hold the marshmallow No fuss; no muss; no need to shout … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Doppelganger, Inner Child, Justice, Murder, Nightmare, Poem, Poetry, Twilight Zone
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Carousel
Carousel Runaways At Full Gallop
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Carousel, Daily Prompt, Horse, Runaway, Second Life, Wordpress
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First Principles: Keeping Its Principles Is Fundamental to Good Government
“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” – Baron de Montesqieu
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Tagged Decay, Deterioration, First Principles, Government, Montesqieu, Priniciples
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Thought For the Day: Natural Law Is Source of All Value Judgments
“The Tao, which others may call Natural Law or Traditional Morality or the First Principles of Practical Reason or the First Platitudes, is not one among a series of possible systems of value. It is the sole source of all … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Discernment, Judgment, Morality, Natural Law, The Abolition of Man, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Phaedo – Plato
Phaedo is a dialogue of Plato that was known among its first readers as On the Soul. This work depicts Socrates death. In this dialogue, the nature of the afterlife is discussed on Socrates last day. He had been sentenced to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dialogue, Duality, Harvard Classics, On the Soul, Phaedo, Plato, Socrates
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Grand Simplicity
Grand Simplicity by Michael Romani There is a sense of wicked, needless perversity In resolving global coral’s afflicted adversity Perhaps understanding this begins with curiosity Learning the species quite thoroughly Super structures build by simple organisms That have become a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Coexist, Coral, Marine Biology, Microcosm, Nursery, Ocean, Photographs, Poetry, Polyps, Reefs
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Amble
Took my angel for an amble Down the Summer Trace Picked a juicy berry from the bramble Just to see the smile on her face
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Second Life
Tagged Amble, Bramble, Daily Prompt, Smile, Summer, Trace, Wordpress
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First Principles: Perpetual Public Debt Brings Servitude of the People
“I place economy among the first and important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, First Principles, Independence, Perpetual, Public Debt, Servitude, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Equality Before God Equals Equality Before Law
“Of all the ideas associated with the general concept of democratic government, the oldest and perhaps the soundest is that of equality before the law. In relation to the scheme of Christian ethics it is too obvious to need statement. … Continue reading
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 