“The right of the people to keep and bear…arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.” – James Madison
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Sentiment In Journey
I was talking with Moon and watching a movie the other night when this floated into my head and from my pen onto a scrap of paper:
Sentiment In Journey by Michael Romani In fellowship we find our company There in that extended fringe we call family Thrown back gin helps see to our recovery It's that remembrance of our fresh discovery Of all the many things we've forgotten In all of our adventures misbegotten Lost up in semi-mystical words on a page Borne as they are in our great age Manners form their own society Concerned for all the others in our propriety As we find our secret freedoms And candles light the passage to our kingdom In mental discomfort, we find our connections Finding our way out past misdirection In all of these things so completely literary We wind up our legendary itinerary Traveling the near in going oh so far Seeking our truth in following our star The best deeds are sealed with a kiss For without that kiss, God only know what we would miss... (c) May 18, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Compnay, Discovery, Family, Fellowship, Follow, Gin, Journey, Kiss, Miss, Moon, Movie, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recovery, Remembrance, Sentiment
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Thought For the Day: Most Creativity Is A Change From One Context To Another
“Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the ‘Aha’. Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in — the one that we think is reality.” – Alan Kay, computer scientist (b. 17 May 1940)
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First Principles: Political Freedom Includes In It Every Other Blessing
“Political freedom includes in it every other blessing. All the pleasures of riches, science, virtue, and even religion itself derive their value from liberty alone. No wonder therefore wise and prudent legislators have in all ages been held in such great veneration; and no wonder too those illustrious souls who have employed their pens and sacrificed their lives in defense of liberty have met with such universal applause. Their reputations, like some majestic river which enlarges and widens as it approaches its parent ocean, shall become greater and greater through every age and outlive the ruins of the world itself.” – Benjamin Rush, to Catharine Macaulay, January 18, 1769
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A Gurnsey Tale
Watched a movie that I think is bound to become a classic of our times. It was about a complicated and absolutely thought provoking movie that dealt with things as uncomplicated as love and war and what happens when the two are mixed.
A Gurnsey Tale by Michael Romani Broken glass on a picture frame Holds the past of absurdity's blame View of Kensington's Garden is to love All that is seen from above A proper home for an improper heart Fit as it is to form a new start Drinking in the shadows as if new There in the mental widows of our views Bombarded by flowers no one brought Unable to frame the story sought Words from a book find their reader When souls like Shakespeare's plays the leader These are the questions of our society Formed more by humor than by piety Like a balloon caught by ceiling The carnival of life portrays the feeling Some times a more is worth the pity As one moves to a distant foreign city There's no counting the wrongful taking Of all of the souls lost in forsaking (c) May 17, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
Thought For the Day: An Unborn Child Is A Unique Living Person From Conception
“To begin with, scientifically something very radical occurs between the processes of gametogenesis and fertilization—the change from a simple part of one human being (i.e., a sperm) and a simple part of another human being (i.e., an oocyte—usually referred to as an “ovum” or “egg”), which simply possess “human life,” to a new, genetically unique, newly existing, individual, whole living human being (a single-cell embryonic human zygote).” – Dianne Irving, Biochemist, Georgetown University
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First Principles: Legal Immigrants Are Welcome To Join American Society and Conform To Our Established Rules
“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Cowpoke Promenade (Reflections II – Her Side)
Sometimes it can be a little much to have to lasso your cowpoke she said…. I should just admit here, this is based on a bit in a movie, not reality. No actual cowpokes were corralled in the writing of this poem….
Cowpoke Promenade (Reflections II) by Michael Romani She has given her life Just trying to break even She wants to be his wife And needs something to believe in Too many nights Spent on the run Now she's trying to get it right She knows he's the one The saloon girl dances A devil's promenade Hoping for true romance As the coyote sings its serenade It's unsafe to love Taken with speed But the stars are above And he's planted his seed What's a girl to do With her dignity From her point of view He's given up his liberty (c) May 16, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
Cowpoke Promenade (Reflection I)
Life on the frontier offered its surprises. None were so surprising but that sometimes even in the most rugged of circumstances, there was love to be found.
Cowpoke Promenade (Reflection I) by Michael Romani He spent his life Trying to break free She wants to be his wife And he's got his duty Too many nights Having too much fun Now he's seen the sight And she's the one The cowpoke dances A devil's promenade Trapped by romance The coyote sings its serenade Unsafe to love At any speed But the stars are above He's planted seed What's a man to do With his liberty What's a man to do For the sake of dignity (c) May 16, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
First Principles: If There Must Be Trouble, Let It Be In My Day, That My Child May Have Peace
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” – Thomas Paine
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