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Sonic Gems: Classic Christmas I
Oh, I know.. it’s way too early in the season right? Well, since I am practically a Christmas baby, it’s a magical and wonderful time of the year for me. I know there are a thousand variations on the songs … Continue reading
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Tagged American Songbook, Carols, Christmas, Holiday, Music, Sonic Gems
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Thought For the Day: Children Are The Surest Sign That God Still Loves Mankind
“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” – Rabindranath Tagore, in Stray Birds (1916).
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Tagged Child, Children, Future, God, Love, Mankind, Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Poetry of William Blake
Born on November 28, 1757, William Blake spent his life as a poet, painter and printmaker before passing on August 12, 1827. Blake has long been considered a seminal figure in the history of modern English poetry and in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Individualism, Literature, Litographs, Poetry, Romantic Period, Spiritual, William Blake
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Thought For the Day: Thought Is the Blossom
“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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Tagged Action, Education, Language, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thinking, Thought, Thought For the Day, Words
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Sonic Gems: XTC – Skylarking
Formed in 1972, XTC is an English rock band that was active until 2006. Led by songwriters Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding, this band emerged from the punk and new wave movements and ranged in style from angular guitar riffs … Continue reading
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Tagged Abby Road, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, New Wave, Post Punk, Pyschedelic Sound, Skylarking, Sonic Gems, Todd Rundgren, XTC
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Thomas More – Utopia, Book 2
As we know from previous discussion, Sir Thomas More was an English lawyer, philosopher and humanist who was counselor to Henry the VIII. In 1516, he wrote and published Utopia. This classic tells the tale of the political system of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amaurot, Amerigo Vespucci, Communism, Governance, Harvard Classics, Henry VIII, Private Property, Thomas More, Utopiia
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Thought For the Day: Equal Treatment Is Different Than Attempting To Make People Equal
“There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.” – Friedrich Hayek, Economist (1899-1992) The Road to Serfdom and many other fine books that support economic freedom and illustrate the … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Born on December 7, 1949, Thomas Alan Waits is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. With a voice that has reminded more than one person as reminding one of a bourbon soaked smokehouse left in the gutter to die remnant … Continue reading
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Tagged Rain Dogs, Singer-Songwriter, Sonic Gems, Tom Waits
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered – Charles Lamb
The English Essayist and poet Charles Lamb was born on February 10, 1775. He lived until December 27, 1834. In the days of his life, he became best known for his Essays of Elia, Tales of Shakespeare and this essay On the Tragedies … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: To See Truthfully Takes Effort
“To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.” – George Orwell
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Tagged Clarity, Coming To Terms, George Orwell, Integrity, Sight, Struggle, Thought For the Day, Truth
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