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World of Poetry Haiku
Like the thud of a well earned door.. today is Na/GloPoWriMo Day 30 and like many good things, the month comes to its end. Both in short order and short form (per the dictates of the challenge given). World of … Continue reading
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Tagged End, Haiku, Magic, Month, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Spent, Well, World
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First Principles: The Founders of America Intended Women To Have A Full and Co-Equal Voice In Our Government
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” – Abigail Adams Oddly, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Attention, Bound, Care, Determination, First Principles, Ladies, Law, Paid, Rebellion, Representation, Voice
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Thought For the Day: Early Success Can Be A Horrible Teacher
“Early success is a terrible teacher. You’re essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can’t do it. You don’t know how.” – Chris Hadfield, Astronaut and … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Hadfield, Early Success, Know How, Lack of Preparation, Prepare, Reward, Situation, Teacher, Terrible, Thought For the Day
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Meanders At the Oxbow
Na/GloPoWriMo 2019, Day 29 and the challenge is to write on the after thoughts about a strong emotion and its results. This is my attempt to clarify thoughts I had just yesterday about the days prior and the future that … Continue reading
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Tagged Adore, Ahead, Always, Banks, Behind, Bends, Best Friend, Better or Worse, Bridge, Cautious, Cherish, Churn, Commonality, Cool Creek, Creek, Crime, Demand, Deserve, Different, Duck, Eyes, Feel, Flow, Forget, Fresh, Frown, Hike, Kiss, Laugh, Living, Love, Meander, Memory, Mud, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need, New, Obnoxious, Oxbow, Photograph, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Remind, Reverence, Rise, Safe, Secure, Similar, Simple Man, Slosh, Smile, Speak, Stand, Startle, Surprise, Sweetest Love, Swerve, Talk, Think, Thoughts, Times, Today, Tomorrow, Touch, Turn, Turns, Twist, Walk, Water, Wish, Words, Yesterday
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First Principles: The World’s Frowns Are Less Dangerous Than Its Smiles and Flatteries
“The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.” – Phillis Wheatley The world is filled with those who … Continue reading
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Tagged Danger, Difficult, First Principles, Flattery, Frown, Path, Phillis Wheatley, Schoolmaster, Severe, Smile, Task, Wisdom, World
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Thought For the Day: Write Your Own Life Story or Risk Becoming Part of Someone Else’s Story
“If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story.” – Terry Pratchett, novelist (28 Apr 1948-2015)
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Tagged Someone Else, Story, Terry Pratchett, Thought For the Day, You, Your Life
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Much To Do With Everything
Day 28 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2019… and what’s the goal.. to write a poem about poetry and poets and who is this what is that and does it have any meaning or is it only seeming or.. wait.. that could be … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Friend's Girlfriend, Better, Blowing In the Wind, Brass In Pocket, Casual, Close Exam, Danger, Dust, Employ, Enjoy, Everything, Family, Grew Up, Leather, Long, Much, Music Died, Na/GloPoWriMo, Nights In White Satin, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poets, Pretenders, Rainbow, Simple Rhymes, Song, Space Cowboy, Stranger, Think, Times, Van Gogh, Words
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First Principles: Beware of Too Many High Sounding Words Absent Accompanying Actions
“We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.” – Abigail Adams
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Actions, Correspond, Difficutl, Expectation, Few, Fire, First Principles, High Sounding, Hope, Noble, Ouselves, Private Ambition, Public Wellbeing, Quench, Sacrifice, Souls, Task, Undertaking, Words
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Thought For the Day: The Beginning of Modern Philosophy Is the Half Belief We’re Not Here To Enjoy Ourselves…
“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (26 Apr 1889-1951) Anyone who has read his works, can attest to his earnest belief in … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Know, Enjoy, Here, I, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Not, Ourself, Thought For the Day, Why
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