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Monthly Archives: November 2017
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Honk
With a honk, I hear the geese As they fly off in their release The cool winter breezes Gives me a sight that pleases As I watch them in flight Seeking their rest for the night It’s a familiar sort … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Flight, Geese, Guest, Honk, Nature, Nest, Pest, Photograph, Poetry, Winter, Wordpress
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First Principles: Peace Requires Strength and The Willingness To Use It
“These people are either too superstitiously religious, or too cowardly for arms; they either can not or dare not defend ; their property is open to anyone who has the courage to attack them… The supposed quietude of a good man … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Amendment, Arms, Defense, First Principles, History, Peace, Strength, Thomas Paine
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Thought of the Day: Civilized Life Is Based On Illusions In Which We Collaborate
“Civilized life is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is, we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Civilization, Collaborate, Customary, Illusions, James G Ballard, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Uniformity Of Change – Charles Lyell
Sir Charles Lyell was born November 14, 1797. We have previously discussed Charles Lyell and some of his scientific theories in prior posts. Please review these for a deeper understanding. The subject we will discuss here is uniformitarianism. This … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Dubious
She looked at me and told me it was obvious That the answers I seek can be a little dubious She didn’t want to seem call me oblivious She’s kind that way and I’m not impervious But the answers I … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Books, Daily Prompt, Dubious, Heart, Life, Love, Wordpress
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First Principles: Know the Difference Between Opinions and Facts
“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” — James Madison (1790)
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Tagged Contagious, Facts, First Principles, Gossip, James Madison, Opinionated, Opinions
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Thought For the Day: Risk Going Too Far
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Elliot, in the Preface to Transit of Venus: Poems by Harry Crosby (1931)
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Tagged Attain, Dare, Dream, Reach, Risk, Strive, T.S. Eliot, Thought For the Day
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Washington’s Legacy
Washington’s Legacy by Michael Romani Looking back on the edges of history Today, I am thinking how Washington Aided by others acted to save his legacy Like most creatures, born of necessity Sown were the bitter fruits of American victory … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Baaba Maal and Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
Bringing guitar back to its African roots, the music presented here is as pastoral as it is centered as it is mindful of a centered journey through life. This album of two African guitarists, some percussion and an electric accent … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Baaba Maal, Djam Leelii, Guitar, Koro, Mansour Seck, Senegal, Sonic Gems
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Confessions of St Augustine
St Augustine was born on November 13, 354 AD We have previously examined St Augustine’s life as well as his Confessions in part. Please review the previously posted material so that you receive a fuller picture of the work and the … Continue reading
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