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Monthly Archives: September 2018
Handwritten Passages
Everyone has their own writing style. Largely, mine is to first write by hand and then transcribe this to the electronic keyboard. Others do things differently. This is a little bit about that. Handwritten Passages by Michael Romani Writing by … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anticipation, Brand, Contemplation, Deception, Existential Dread, Formed, Hallucinatory Grief, Handwritten, Mythos, Paradox, Passages, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Sacred Story, Shed Glory, Struggle, Transformation, Transitiion, Truth, Uncertainty, Unresolved Mystery, Voice
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Daily Prompt – Existential
There is something in the existential moment When we realize life consists of daily torment But still it’s the very best deal that is offered Dreams of immortality are not even proffered With a the straightness of anyone’s best face … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Acceptance, Bridge Too Far, Daily, Daily Prompt, Days, Deal, Death, Deny, Dreams, Embrace, Existential, Gaily, Immortality, Moment, Pain, Push, Real, Steal, Straight Face, Torment, Truth
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First Principles: Absent Freedom of Thought and Speech There Is No Wisdom or Public Liberty
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” – Benjamin Franklin (1722)
Thought For the Day: The Crack In Everything Let’s the Light Get In
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen, musician and writer (21 Sep 1934-2016)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Crack, Everything, In, Leonard Cohen, Light, Thought For the Day
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Daily Prompt – Marble
In between the squawks, grunts and slew of garbles I do believe that somehow I found my lost marbles Somehow in the middle of all that crossed talk When I finally learned to do the cross walk I think that … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged Cross, Crossed, Daily Prompt, Debt, Garble, Human Being, Keepsies, Marble, Right, Second Sight, Sin, Smile, Son, Talk, Truth, Walk
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Believe A Gender; Believe the Evidence
“Even liberals should concede that in America one is innocent until proven guilty. Particularly with 36-year-old allegations that are impossible to corroborate.” – Star Parker “The role of the press should be verification, not validation. Rape is a devastating crime. … Continue reading
First Principles: Mankind Is Most Content When Best Employed
“When Men are employ’d they are best contented. For on the Days they work’d they were good-natur’d and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Contentment, Employed, First Principles, Mankind, Troubled, Unemployed
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Daily Prompt – Crevice
Despite the uneasiness felt by poor Alice She could not quite pinpoint the malice Just a sense of concern falling in the crevice And her strong belief that she didn’t deserve this The white rabbit stared on into the abyss … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Alice, Cheshire Cat, Command, Crevice, Curiosity, Daily Prompt, Deserve, Mad Hatter, Malice, Oblivious, Red Queen, Smile, Tea, Uneasy, White Rabbit, Wonderland
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Thought For the Day: The First Law of Economics Is Scarcity; The First Law of Politics Is To Disregard This
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” – Thomas Sowell
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Disregard, Economics, First Lesson, Politics, Satisfaction, Scarcity, Thomas Sowell, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged First Principles, Hereditary, Plan, Posterity, Remember, The People, Thomas Paine, Virtue
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 