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

Thought For the Day: People Make A Grievous Error Thinking That A List f Facts Is the Truth. Facts Are Just the Bare Bones Out of Which Truth Is Made

“People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.” – Shelby Foote

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First Principles: Of All the Vices Incident To Man, Lying Is the Most Mean, Most Contemptible; It Evinces A Very Weak, Depraved Heart

“Of all the vices incident to man, lying is the most mean, most contemptible; it evinces a very weak, depraved heart, which shrinks at the exposure of motives and of actions.” – Josiah Bartlett

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Harmonious Replenishment

Harmonious Replenishmentby Michael DoyleThough we all wish for simplicity,Nature is infinite in complexity.Fungi, plants, and animals create the biomeThat we too often see as our own.Standing in opposition, we seek to nurtureThose things that make up our agriculture.Death and waste … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Truth Is Always Exciting. Speak It, Then. Life Is Dull Without It

“Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.” – Pearl S. Buck

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First Principles: Of All the Properties Which Belong To Honorable Men, Not One Is So Highly Prize As That of Character

“Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.” – Henry Clay

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Cornered Stone

Cornered Stoneby Michael DoyleIn all the hearts broken,Stumbled over false words spoken,Jesus remains as the lightThat brings safe passage in the night.The world might bring darkness,Our experience speaks unhappiness,And sometimes we hurt and need love.We need to fix our eyes … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Further A Society Drifts From Truth the More It Will Hate Those Who Speak It

“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.”– George Orwell

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First Principles: But the Measure of A Man, of A Life, of A Union of Man and Wife Or Even Country Is Not the Falling. It’s In the Rising Back Up Again To Repair What’s Broken, To Put Right What’s Wrong

“But the measure of a man, of a life, of a union of man and wife or even country is not in the falling. It’s in the rising back up again to repair what’s broken, to put right what’s wrong” … Continue reading

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An Alien Nightmare

An Alien Nightmareby Michael DoyleBehind the laboratory door,There is something more.Behind the experimentation,There awaits annihilation.Between space and the Earth’s junction,We stand the chance of malfunction.The Cryo-bed offered shallow sleepAs we wake into the deep.It always comes down to perspectiveWith very … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Every Tomorrow Has Two Handles. We Can Take Hold of It With the Handle of Anxiety Or the Handle of Faith

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” – Henry Ward Beecher

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