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About alohapromisesforever

Writer, poet, musician, surfer, father of two princesses.

Coral Fibonacci

Coral Fibonacci by Michael Romani One Cell Polyps Centuries Of growth they may last With extra degrees they are past Bleached Reefs They die Children cry In the nursery Begging humanity for mercy Hear See Listen Feel beauty There in … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Unfurl

An unfurling of abstraction:

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First Principles: Dishonesty Poisons the Heart, Soul and Mind

“This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” —Thomas Jefferson (1785) Fairly self explanatory on a personal level, isn’t it?  And when the media has decided to become propaganda … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Better To Be Politically Buried Than Hypocritically Immortalized

“I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.” – Davy Crockett, frontiersman, soldier, and … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Book of Psalms

The Book of Psalms  or Tehillim meaning praises is the first book of the Ketuvim (“Writings“).  This is the third section of the Hebrew Bible which to a Christian, of course, is known as the Old Testament.  The title derives from Greek instrumental music … Continue reading →

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Keeping His Love

Wednesday night sermon time again!  This time it’s based on: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+15%3A10&version=NIV John 15:10New International Version (NIV) 10 “If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his … Continue reading →

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WordPress -#Weekly Photo Challenge – Shiny

Rainbow Brite

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Grainy

At the Dead End of A Wheat Field…..    

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First Principles: States Have Rights Within Their Own Orbits

“Let our government be like that of the solar system. Let the general government be like the sun and the states the planets, repelled yet attracted, and the whole moving regularly and harmoniously in several orbits.” — John Dickinson (Delaware … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Decisions Not Circumstances Define You

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” –Stephen Covey  

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