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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Mr. Bevis
Continuing work in progress toward fulfilling my promise to my eldest angel, Mr. Bevis is a poem in the Twilight Zone series. Season 1, episode 33 for 33 out of 36 poems this year. My angel says that she’ll let … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreamer, Eccentric, Happiness, Happy Place, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Smile, Twilight Zone, Zither
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In Remembrance of Patriot’s Day
I never thought I would find a day that I would agree with much that Howard Zinn had to say. Today I do just that. There is no flag large enough to cover up the shame of killing innocent … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged al-Qeada, Blood of Innocents, Cowards, First Reponders, Heroes, Howard Zinn, Patriot, Patriot Day, Prayer, Proclmation, Remembrance, Renewal, Restoration, September 11, Terrorism, Twin Towers
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Sympathy
There’s an old song about man becoming more wise I don’t see it when I look out with these older eyes Seems to me that life will always be filled with four questions Who? What? Where? and .. Why? Looking … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Daily Prompt, Photograph, Questions, Sorrow, Sympathy, Twin Towers, Wordpress
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First Principles: Almost Everything Worthwhile Takes Time
“We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?” —John Page (1776) shortly after the Declaration of Independence was signed, … Continue reading
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Tagged Effort, First Principles, Governance, John Page, Preserverance, Success, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Prayer and Work Together Get Us Through Our Days
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” – St Augustine Sage advice from a sage. Too often people choose to do either one or the other. Even more often we struggle hard as … Continue reading
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Tagged Days, Dependence, Prayer, Preparation, St Augustine, Thought For the Day, Work
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Reaping As We Sow
Today’s sermon was based on Galatians 6:7-9: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+6%3A7-9&version=NIV Galatians 6:7-9New International 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; whoever sows … Continue reading
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Tagged Galatians, Hope, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Reaping, Sow, Tireless
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Selected Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., was a member of the New England Fireside Poets who lived from August 29, 1809 to October 7, 1894. He was a physician, polymath and author and as previously stated, a poet. His most famous … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Peculiar
The Peculiar Dreams of Fevered Sleep Runs my mind in circles; I am in too deep Haunting me as they keep calling to me I have to know, are they warning me? All of these strangely brewed days of future … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Deception, Dreams, Fever, Nightmare, Peculiar, Photograph, Real, Wordpress
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First Principles: Only Patriots Can Prevent the Ruin of Our Nation
“If ever the time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” —Samuel Adams
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Tagged Ambitious, Government, Patriots, Samuel Adams, Self Seeking, Vain
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Thought For the Day: Tact And Courtesy Keep Our Friendships Close
“Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Courtesy, Disagreeable, Flatter, Friendship, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Tact, Thought For the Day
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 