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Thought For the Day: Writing Is the Great Invention of the World
“Writing—the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye—is the great invention of the world…—great, very great in enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, at all distances of time and of space.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Communication, Conversation, Learning, Thought, Writing
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First Principles: Moral Relativism Is A Quagmire of Moral Confusion
“If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?” –John … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethics, First Principles, John Adams, Moral Relativism, Morality, Sophistry, Truth
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Agamemnon – Aeschylus
The ancient Greek Aeschylus is often called the father of tragedy. He is also credited by, among others, Aristotle with bringing more characters into theater to allow for the conflicts that lead to character development. Among the most famous poems … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Betrayal, Greek Tragedy, Harvard Classics, Justice, Loyalty, Mycenean, Oresteia, Revenge, The Eumenides, The Libration Bearers, Trilogy
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This Then Is Alaska
This Then Is Alaska by Michael Romani America’s last frontier Half a million square miles Wilderness to explore there A land filled with as many smiles Where there’s one thing serious The seasons run fast and furious Opportunities are often … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Attitude, Beauty, Bold, Ice, Last Frontier, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seasons, Snow, Wilderness
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Trademark
Now, I don’t mean this with any real snark But when I think about some such trademark I usually think of one of Ally’s signature looks The kind that makes me search through books Hoping for some kind of way … Continue reading
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Tagged Aloha Promises Forever, Breath of Life, Clever, Daily Prompt, Humor, Love, Signature Look, Snark, Trademark, Wordpress
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First Principles: Our Liberties Are Secured As A Gift From God, Not Government
“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 Conviction, First Principles, God Given, Government, Justice, Liberty, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Inspiration Requires Moments of Quiet and Rest
“Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda Ueland, Creativity, Idleness, Inspiration, Solitude, Stillness
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Sonic Gems – X – Wild Gift
X is an American punk band that originated in Los Angeles in 1977. The original members were Exene Cervenka (vocalist), John Doe (vocalist/bassist), Billy Zoom (guitarist) and D.J. Bonebrake (drummer. This first wave band of American punk put out seven … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Zoom, Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Los Angeles, Punk Rock, Sonic Gems, Wild Gift, X
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Plutarch’s Lives – Caesar
Within Plutarch’s Parallel Lives previously discussed on an earlier post is the biography of Caesar. By this, I mean Gaius Julius Caesar known as simply Julius Caesar. Except that is that there is very little that is simple about Julius Caesar. … Continue reading
Verbal Intention
Verbal Intention by Michael Romani The word is miserable and flimsy But I cannot help stealing the word The word that speaks is mimsy A word that was two and then blurred At Lewis Carroll’s sharp whimsy It’s a looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Verse, Inventions, Lewis Carroll, Linguistics, Looking Glass, Memes, Neologism, Neophile, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Verbal, Word Play
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