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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Journal of John Woolman
Born August 19, 1720 and passing into the afterlife on October 7, 1772, John Woolman lived much of his life based in Mount Holly, New Jersey, as a merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preach and early abolitionist. He traveled throughout … Continue reading
Tarot Woman
Tarot Woman by Michael Romani The caster of cards Learns to read Echoes of time Are heard when listening hard From the soul, she bleeds As a victim of her own crimes Something so lethal Permeates her beauty The paths … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Crone, Defiance, Devil, Legion, Lethal, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Romance, Soul, Tarot, Witch
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Elastic
I have my waders on in an elastic ocean In a world filled with plastic emotions Trying to save my world one bit at a time The things going on feel like an emotional crime Gotta scurry up just to … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Elastic, Photograph, Plea, Poem, Prayer, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Happiness Is the Best Cosmetic To Bring Out Beauty
“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” – Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, in Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839), p. 90. There’s a lot of truth in this statement. Also a lot of truth in the statement received from … Continue reading
First Principles: Democracy Leads To Licentiousness Not Liberty
“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.” –Fisher Ames, speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788 One need only look at the recent law passed by California in … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Democracy, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Liberty, Licentiousness, Republic
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Foothold Out of the Pathological
Foothold Out of the Pathological by Michael Romani What do we do When the horror descends? When we lose a few loved ones? When we lose a lot of friends? We find the need to blame To cast the blame … Continue reading
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Tagged Blame, Christianity, Control, Defense, Evil, Fairy Tales, Foothold, God, Good, Horror, Name, Pathological, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poison Wells, Prayer
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Genius
Out on the playa, they drip coffee intravenous Hoping to sip a spark of that creative genius Playing at a burning man’s sense of games Living love in all of its colors and names There is a lot to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Burning Man, Celebration, Coffee, Creative Spark, Daily Prompt, Desert, Genius, Life, Photograph, Playa, Poem, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Guns Don’t Kill; People Do
“Evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other.” — Thomas Jefferson (1791) I’ve been looking for a quippable quote off and on all morning that would suffice to sum up the disgust I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Assault Weapons, Authoritarian, Brutality, Criminal, Disarming, Evil, FBI, Gun Control, Guns, Legality, Mindset, Mortality Data, Murder Rates, Rights, Street Thug, Thomas Jefferson, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: It Is Essential To Our Republic To Bear Arms and Know How To Use Them
“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them… The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a … Continue reading
