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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Sonic Gems: Show Boat by Hammerstein and Kern
Show Boat is a musical in two acts that featured music composed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. This is based on Edna Ferber’s novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and … Continue reading
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Tagged Edna Ferber, Hammerstein, Kern, Musical, Ol'Man River, Show Boat, Sonic Gems
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Manners – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have previously discussed Emerson as well as his series of famous essays. It would be of some worth to go back and review this material. For the time being, I would like to recommend the following as a great … Continue reading
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Tagged Essays, Essays and English Traits, Harvard Classics, manners, Opinion, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Bury Me Here
Bury Me Here by Michael Romani Bare bones I have nothing Left to give Cold as a stone You’ve taken everything Including my will to live Wake up in the night Shaken to my core All of my dreams are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bury, Cold, Darkness, Grave, Hopelessness, Light, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shaken, Soul, Will
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Circle
There is a circle of colors in this world All of them ripe and ready to be swirled None of them less than the others All of them our sisters and our brothers None of them do less than matter … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Better Together, Brothers, Circle, Colors, Daily Prompt, Detox, Lives, Matter, Positive, Sisters, Wordpress, World
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First Principles: A House Divided Will Not Long Stand
“Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.” – John Dickinson, in The Liberty Song (1768) America needs to take heed of these words and soon. The Left seems bent to destroying … Continue reading
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Tagged Divided, Fall, First Principles, Founding Fathers, John Dickinson, Stand, The Liberty Song, United, Unity
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Thought For the Day: Each of Us Is Created For A Particular Work
“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” – Rumi What then shall I do with my life, I once wondered. The problem was that every time I … Continue reading
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Tagged Avocation, Created, Desire, Everyone, Heart, Rumi, Thought For the Day, Vocation
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A World of His Own
Poem 36 of 36 Based on The Twilight Zone, Year One: Episode 36 dedicated as a promise to my eldest daughter Angie A World of His Own by Michael Romani A young girl’s promise holds the key To a world … Continue reading
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Tagged Back Story, Characters, Dictation, Photograph, Playwright, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Rod Serling, Story, The Twilight Zone
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Witty
Witty… funny…. tries for poem… : My funny valentine…. My funny, bunny valentine… You’re so witty… though not so pretty… My funny, bunny valentine You make me so very hoppy When you’re the tail with me Oh lettuce eat carrots … Continue reading
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Tagged Bunny, Daily Prompt, Funny, Hoppy, Photograph, Poem, Valentine, Witty, Wordpress
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First Principles: The Right To Bear Arms Is Grounded On Opposition To Tyranny
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are … Continue reading
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 