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Monthly Archives: September 2017
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Coincidence
You can blame coincidence I’ll just thank Providence As I do every single day When I silently, quietly pray Counting my blessings With no need for second guessing You say you didn’t hear me stumbling But, I lost my way … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Coincidence, Daily Prompt, Photograph, Pray, Providence, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day – Weekly Photo Challenge – Windows
Windows I Don’t Mind (Tentative Title) Sitting by the windows reading A curious sunrise was bleeding All the thoughts for the day Were put on a vivid display Across the pages of thought In the book I had bought The … Continue reading
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Tagged Book, Curious, Digest, Display, Impressions, Margin Notes, Reading, Thought For the Day, Thoughts, Weekly Photo Challenge, Windows
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Thought For the Day: The Rule of Law Is What Makes Society Stable
“I believe that the main lesson which our generation has learnt is that we must find a new limit for the activities of government, a limit which leaves ample scope for sensible experimentation but which secures the freedom of the … Continue reading
First Principles: Freedom Is Kept Through Virtue and Knowledge
“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffus’d among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams, in a Letter to James Warren (February 12, 1779) That is perhaps the striking oddity of so … Continue reading
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Tagged Diffusion, First Principles, James Warren, Knowledge, Samuel Adams, Security, The People, Virtue, We
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Sonic Gems: Snooks Eaglin – New Orleans Street Singer
Snooks Eaglin (real name Fird Eaglin, Jr.) was a New Orleans busker who was alternatively known as ‘ the Little Ray Charles’ and the ‘the Human Juke Box’. This guitarist singer had himself a brief run as a R&B barnstormer … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Busker, Careless Love, Folk, New Orleans Street Singer, R&B, Snooks Eaglin, Sonic Gems
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Wall Or Door?
Wall or Door by Michael Romani Where you see a wall I see a door What you see as closed Can be opened once more Opened by conviction A lock is not a lock without a key Curiosity brings its … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Don Quixote – Cervantes
At least once in his life, William Faulkner said that he read Don Quixote once a year like some folks read the Bible. It seems an interesting coincidence that the day I stumble across a Faulkner quote used as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Cervantes, Comedy, Don Quixote, Harvard Classics, Knight, Man From La Mancha
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Focused
Playing out this wonderful life with you It’s the best thing that I could ever do Keeping focused on you and my bliss It’s the best of love, peace and happiness Some may say this is California Dreamin’ If it … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Focus, Focused, Happiness, I Met A Girl, Love, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Time Is A Fluid Condition
“Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was — only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow. I like to … Continue reading
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Tagged Condition, Existence, Fluid, Is, Keystone, Thought For the Day, Time, Universe, Was, William Faulkner
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First Principles: To Have Freedom, You Must Defend It
“The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.” – Samuel Adams, writing as Candidus in The Boston Gazette (October 14, 1771) Other writings by Samuel Adams may be read here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2092 … Continue reading
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Tagged Candidus, Defend, First Principles, Free, Freedom, Samuel Adams, The Boston Gazette, Truth, Value
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 