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A Mother’s Wrath (A Ghost Story)
A Mother’s Wrath (A Ghost Story)by Michael DoyleFor her, forever started in 1673With what once was a happy familyA child was left alone wanderingWith love disturbed and ,wonderingFor three hundred yearsLost inside a veil of tearsThere is no safety in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Bittersweet, Candlelight, Child, Cries, Deaht, Destroy, Disturbed, Drowned Heart, End, Forever, Ghost Story, Happy Family, Harm, Innocence, Mirror, Nightmares, Poetry and Poems, Safe, Safety In Numbers, Scream, Silently Shrieking, Slumbers, Sorrow, Third Eye, Three Hundred Years, Veil of Tears, Violent, Wander, Widow, Wondering, Yesterday and Tomorrow, Yeterday
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Thought For the Day: Art Is A Man’s Nature; Nature Is God’s Art
“Art is a man’s nature; nature is God’s art.” – Philip James Bailey
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Tagged Art, God, Man, Nature, Philip James Bailey, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Bosom of America Is Open To Receive Not Only the Opulent and Respectable Stranger, but the Oppressed and Persecuted
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted … if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.” —George Washington (1783)
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Waking To the Smell of Coffee
Waking To the Smell of Coffeeby Michael DoyleWhat if life could be seenBy every single human beingPut out as if a streaming movie?Would we still want to be you and me?Or is this an awful possibilityAnd we’d want to buy … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, AI, Allow, Attack, Aware, Axe, Better, Blame, Buffoons, Build, Buy, Capture, Careful, Categorically, Change, Chapter and Verse, Choice, Choose, Coffee, Compromise, Computers and Phones, Confront, Contract, Daft, Define, Devices, Dignity, Ding and Slight, Done Away, Entire System, Errant, Favor, Fictive Level, Final Deal, Front-Door, Full-Flow, Gamed, Gone, Good, hands and Minds, Hate, Human Being, Images, Integrity, Lack, Laugh, Legacy, Legitimacy, Life, Litigous, Lived, Lives, Madhouse, Mesmerized Engagement, Modern Age, Monster, Name, Natural Fact, Okay, Ought, Pages, Paramenters, Parts and Portions, Person, Poetry and Poems, Portray, Possibility, Proud, Real, Rearrange, Reclaim, Reclaimed, Refuse, Reveal, Right, Rights, Roles, Scenes, See, Selective, Self-Written, Shreds, Smell, Star, Streaming Movie, Suffer, Take Our Lives Back, Tell, Terms and Conditions, Think, Thought, Truth, Vices, Victims, Victor's Crown, Wake, Want, Well-Lived, Williing, Wish, World, Worse, You and Me
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First Principles: One of the Most Essential Branches of English Liberty Is the Freedom of One’s House. A Man’s House Is His Castle
“One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle.” – James Otis, on the Writs of Assistance, 1761
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Tagged Branch, Castle, English Liberty, Essential, First Principles, Freedom, James Otis, One's House, Writs of Assistance
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Thought For the Day: Every Great Advance In Science Has Issued From A New Audacity of Imagination
“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.” – John Dewey, philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (20 Oct 1859-1952)
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Tagged Advance, Audacity, Great, Imagination, Issue, John Dewey, Sicence, Thought For the Day
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Pain Enters the Building
Pain Enters the Buildingby Michael DoylePain enters the buildingIt comes with the never-yieldingBut instead, putting your all into the gameWhether you lose or gain 15 minutes of fameSometimes conflict comes with painSometimes you ride the rails, barely saneYou give your … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 Minutes of Fame, All, Bright Lights, Building, Conflict, Contribution, Corner, Deserve, Down, Driven, End, Feed, Fight, Forever, Game, Gridiron, History, Home and Family, Intense, Last Nerve, Lose, Means, Mile, Million Dollar, Mystery, Nerves, NFL, Pain, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Pushing Hard, Resolution, Ride the Rails, Sane, Sense, Smile, Snapped, Steel, Success, Underneath, Yield
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Thought For the Day: We Have One Set of Laws In This Country, and They Apply To Everyone. Nothing More, Nothing Less
“We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. Nothing more, nothing less.” – Special Counsel Jack Smith But do we really? The Clintons, the Obamas, the Bidens, BLM Riots, Antifa, have all been handled … Continue reading
First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue An Opposite Conduct
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Conduct, Engagement, Fate, First Principles, Individuals, Observe, Opposite, Pursue, Respect, Reverse, States, Trust
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