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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Compromise
Standing tall looking into the world on my stilts It’s not hard to see the cards that I have been dealt The last time that I ever looked into your eyes I knew we had reached the outskirts of compromise … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Cards, Compromise, Daily Prompt, Dealt, Deathbed, God, Life, Sacrifice, Silts, Sunrise, Thoughts, Traded Places, Unreason, Wordpress
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Happy Presidents’ Day!!
In celebration of Presidents’ Day 2018, the girls and I are heading to Conner Prairie for the events there. It sounds pretty fun and informative. The best part for a father who is dead broke? It’s free. So, thank you … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Banana Nut Bread, Conner Prairie, Education, Family, Fun, Growing, Happy Presidents' Day, History, Music
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Thought For the Day: Never Be Afraid of Appearing Foolish
“The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.” – P.D. James, novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)
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Tagged Brave, Changes, Fools, P.D. James, People, Self Regarding, Thought For the Day, World
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First Principles: Heresies In Politics and Religion Are Rarely Cured By Persecution
“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.” – Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 1 (1787) … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Treaty of Ghent (1814)
The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty ending the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Signed by both sides on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, Belgium. The treaty restores … Continue reading
Why I Believe
Based in part on 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 Why I Believe by Michael Romani What I have heard I pass on The Lord is here, never gone He has died for our sins But rose to save us, my friends True … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Conspiracy, Crucifixion, Deception, Died, Evidence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Profaned, Prophecy, Sins, Testimony, Truth, Verdict, Witness
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First Principles: Education and Free Discussion Cures Ignorance and Bigotry
“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, 1816
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Antidote, Bigotry, Education, First Principles, Free Discussion, Ignorance, John Adams, Morbid Minds, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: The Best Teachers Act Like Bridges
“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.” – Nikos Kazantzakis, poet and novelist (18 Feb 1883-1957) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges, Encouragement, Facilitate, Nikos Kazantakis, Students, Teachers, Thought For the Day, Zorba the Greek
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A Glass House of Orchids
A Glass House of Orchids by Michael Romani If I could, I would start the day over and begin To go with my girls to that artsy green house again That is to say if they would let us back … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Beauty, Bloom, Daughters, Examination, Feminine Wile, Fragrance, Glass, Greenhouse, Mortality, Orchids, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Smile, Symbolism, Vitality
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