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Monthly Archives: July 2020
Thought For the Day: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident, That All Mankind Is Created Equal
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Declaration of Independence … Continue reading
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First Principles: God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty
“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannot Sleep Forever, Conviction, Country, First Principles, Gave, Gift of God, God, His Justice, Just, Liberties, Liberties of A Nation, Liberty, Life, Reflect, Remove, Secure, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble
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Thought For the Day: Happy Independence Day!!
Happy Fourth of July!! On this Independence Day 2020, may Freedom ring from sea to shining sea!! #ProudAmerican (if you’re a proud American may I suggest we unite as one from our many though the use of this hashtag in honor … Continue reading
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Tagged 1619 Project, All, Balance, Cause of Freedom, Celebration, Founding Fathers, Freedom, Great Nation, Happy Fourth of July, Happy Independence Day, HashTag, Honor, Ignorance, Liberty, Lies, Majority, Minoirty, Our Story, Proud American, Republic, Rights, Ring, Sea to Shining Sea, Thought For the Day, Truth, Universal Suffrage
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Planted Seed of Fear
Poem 4 in a series retelling a classic werewolf tale: Planted Seed of Fear by Michael Doyle Plant the seed The seed of fear As the blood moon rises Evil comes in its disguises The village wills to celebrate While … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Moon, Celebrate, Dance, Disguise, Drink, Evil, Fear, Firelight, Fools, Guard, Hunter, Invigorate, Know, Lurk, Moonlit, Night, Pageantry, Photograph, Plant, Poem, Poetry, Rise, Second Sight, Seed, Seek, Shadow, Sleight of Hand, Stand, Tapestry, Things Seen, Trick, Trick of the Light, True, Village, Warrior
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Blood Moon Rising
Poem 3 in a continuing series of retelling of a classic werewolf tale: Blood Moon Rising by Michael Doyle Torchlight flows and leads the way As the full moon comes to claim the day Are you braver than me, my … Continue reading
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Tagged Ask, Belief, Best, Bind, Blood Moon, Brave, Claim, Classic, Consume, Credit, Day, Distinction, Doom, Errors, Few, Find, Fortify Courage, Full Blood Moon, Full Moon, Gloom, Good, Heart, Hero, Hunt, Lead, Learn, Life, Man Among Men, Manly, Moments, Move, Nerve, One By One, Page, Paint, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rise, Rising, Seal, Shock Proof, Soon, Steady, Strong Drink, Such Things, Take, Tale, Task, Terror, Think, Torchlight, True Courage, Understood, Unready, Way, Werewolf, Wolf
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Full Asking Price
Poem 2 in a series retelling a classic werewolf tale: Full Asking Price by Michael Doyle I know so little of what to believe As I sit here and quietly grieve We talk of counted blessings But most of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Believe, Choose, Come, Comfort, Counted Blessing, Daily Bread, Die, Dread, Fear, Final Day, Full Asking Price, Fultility, Ghost, God, Grieve, Guessing, Hope, Humanity, Hunting, Kept Secret, Know, Lament, Let It Go, Lives, Love, Love Cuts Deep, Maiden, Misery, Most, Night, Offer, Once Upon, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Quiet, Reappear, Sacrifice, Shadow, Shelter, Sit, Small Chance, So Little, Sop, Sorrow, Soul, Still Voice, Struck Deep, Tale, Tales, Talk, Terms, True Love, Truth, Undoing, Unspeakable, Werewolf, Whisper, Woo
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Don’t Talk To Strangers
First in a series of poems based on a retelling of the classic werewolf story, or is it… Don’t Talk To Strangers by Michael Doyle Mama said don’t talk to strangers You’re never out of danger When you live on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bleed, Blood, Call, Charming, Danger, Dangerous, Day, Death, Directions, Disarming, Edge of Darkness, Eyes, Fall, Half Hidden, Hearts, Mama, Map, Meaningless, Measure, Night, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Proven, Purity, Rules, Running Away, Series, Silently, Strangers, Talk, Trap, Uncertainty, Us, Werewolf, Wolf
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Thought For the Day: We The People Are the Rightful Masters of Both Congress and the Courts, Not To Overthrow the Constitution But To Overthrow the Men Who Pervert the Constitution
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln
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First Principles: Honor, Justice and Humanity Forbid Us Tamely to Surrender That Freedom Which We Received From Our Gallant Ancestors
“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestor, Await, Endure, First Principles, Forbid, Freedom, Generations, Guilt, Hereditary Bondage, Honor, Humanity, Infamy, Justice, Posterity, Receive, Recieve, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson, Wretchedness
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From Darkness To Light
Spent an interesting day learning, seeking and then seeing and then simply being … Or maybe, it was more like several hours in 90+ degrees photographing left me more just taking it all in while conveniently clicking to take photos … Continue reading
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Tagged Authenticity, Awaken, Baggage, Being, Beyond, Blown Fuse, Blues, Carry On, Cosmos, Crevices, Dark, Darkness, Day Trip, Deal, Death, Dedicate, Destination, Destiny, Discover, Done, Doors, Ducklings, Enough, Eternal, Eventuality, Exquisite, Find, Forgetfulness, Found, Freed, Freedom, Gain, God, Greater Consciousness, Human, Ignorance, Immortality, Incessant, Interesting Day, Journey, Keys, Kingdom, Knowledge, Learn, Less Me, Light, Live, Locks, Luck, Mirror, More and More, Mother Duck, Need, Night, One, Open Doors, Park Pond, Part, Perception, Perfected, Photograph, Photographing, Pick, Poem, Poetry, Pointless, Quiet, Realization, Reflection, Remember, Remember When, Reunite, Right, Rocks, Scurry, Search, Seeing, Seem, Set Free, Shake, Share, Show, Shrug, Simplicity, Simply, Soul, Star Stuff, Swim, Takes, Tangled, Think, Thinking Back, Times, Truth, Unreal, Untarnished, Web, When, Wholeness, Wiser, Within, World, Young Ducklings, Zen
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