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Sonic Gems: Rory Gallagher – Irish Tour ’74
The Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader, William Rory Gallagher was born on March 2, 1948. Coming up in County Donegal and brought up in Cork, Gallagher first formed the band Taste in the 1960s and then recorded … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Rock, Ireland, Irish, Irish Tour '74, Rory Gallagher, Sonic Gems, The Taste
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Forces of Gravitation – Faraday
“When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there is no honour too great to pay to the memory of Faraday, one of the greatest scientific discoverers … Continue reading
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Tagged Electricity, Force, Gravity, Harvard Classics, Light, Lines of Force, Michael Faraday, Science
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Caving In
Caving In by Michael Romani Looking around Sometimes it seems That what we’ve found Is far less than our dreams Heaven is caving in It’s a sinkhole That we’re living in Spiraling out of control Served up On hot plates … Continue reading
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Tagged Control, Dreams, Good fight, Observation, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sinkhole, Spiral
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Panacea
Searching through the writings of the academia Looking for some sort of universal panacea Taking in all the colors of loss and healing There seems one thing that is soul revealing There is a lot of truth in some things … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Cliche, Cure, Daily Prompt, Gratitude, Healing, Love, Medicine, Panacea, Prevention, Revealing, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: The Truly Good and Wise Seek To Always Act Nobly
“The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.” – Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
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Tagged Aristotle, Circumstances, Ethics, Fortune, Good, Nicomachean Ethics, Nobility, Wise
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Sonic Gems: The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow – Tal Farlow
American jazz guitarist Tal Farlow was born Talmage Holt Farlow on June 7, 1921. He passed away on July 25, 1998. He was nicknamed the Octopus because of how fast his fingers spread over the fretboard in clusters of single … Continue reading
Make Me A Servant
Make Me A Servant by Michael Romani Moving from the ways of the deceiver I want to be God’s go to receiver Use me, Lord, in all of my future days Raise me, Lord, to serve in all of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountability, Bloom, Calvary, Christianity, Disciple, Excellence, Humility, Knight, Peter, Responsibility, Servant, Service, Shine, Truth
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Life of Thomas More – William Roper
William Roper was an English lawyer and member of Parliament who also happened to be the son-in-law of Sir Thomas More. He lived until January 4, 1578. During his life, he was in a good position to gain insight into … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Henry VIII, History, Integrity, Reformation, The Life of Thomas More, Utopia, William Roper
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Egg
Isn’t it ironic how life is filled with this sort of mess Scientists claiming truth and then having to confess Just how wrong it is that they so very often are One minute in the spotlight, the next finding the … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Egg, Error, Myth, Nutrition, Photograph, Survival, Wordpress
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