Monthly Archives: January 2018

Super Blue Moon

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Super Blue Moon by Michael Romani There’s an extraordinary promise To be found in the super blue moon So she says and in introspection, I compromise Basking in the glow and say we’ll see soon Internally thinking blood moon, blue … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beginning, Belief, Blood Moon, Compromise, Doors, Eclipse, Ending, Freeing, Introspection, Love, Magic, Poem, Poetry, Shackles, Stardust, Super Blue Moon, Super Moon, Trust | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Conveyor

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In a sense more than innocence The written word is a conveyor Without any sort of pretense It’s a vivid sort of displayer Teaching use what we need Providing us with mental feed We cannot know the future If we … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Books, Conveyor, Daily Prompt, Future, Learn, Nurture, Past, Present, Wisdom, Wordpress, Written Word | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Hire and Friend Those Who Are Different Than You

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don’t particularly like..” -Soichiro Honda, industrialist (17 Nov 1906-1991) … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Admiration, Best Practices, Differences, Diversity, Hire, Skill Sets, Soichiro Honda, Thought For the Day, Understanding | Leave a comment

First Principles: When War Becomes Necessary, Immediately Set Out the Terms of Peace

Posted on January 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“To render the justice of the war on our part the more conspicuous, the reluctance to commence it was followed by the earliest and strongest manifestations of a disposition to arrest its progress. The sword was scarcely out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged James Madison, Just War, Justice, Peacemaker, Prevention, Reluctance, Terms of Peace, War of 1812 | Leave a comment

Sonic Gems: Gilbert & Sullivan – The Mikado

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Mikado or The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts featuring the music of Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.S. Gilbert. It was the ninth of the 14 operatic collaborations by these two gentlemen and opened … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Sophocles – Antigone

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Tradition states that Sophocles perished on January 30, 405 B.C. We have previously discussed the life and legacy of Sophocles elsewhere. We have also discussed the Thebes tragedies. Antigone was written in or about 441 B.C. and is part … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Aeschylus, Ancient Greece, Antigone, Harvard Classics, Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles, Thebes, Tragedy | Leave a comment

The Man In the Bottle

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing with my daughter’s challenge to me, we have a poem based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 2: The Man In the Bottle by Michael Romani A couple infinitely patient and quite gentle The Castles have lived life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstract, Consequence, Genie, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, The Man In the Bottle, The Twilight Zone, Wise, Wishes | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Cavity

Posted on January 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes I seem to just kind of fidget Acting a little much like a mental midget Drawn in by all that cosmic gravity Caught up in a little too much depravity Following down into the rabbit’s hole Got one more … Continue reading →