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Fiona’s Bee
Fiona’s Beeby Michael DoyleThere by the grace of April’s sleetWas a bumble bee at Fiona’s feetIt was good to start her morning pleasantlyCaught up in a childhood memoryHer father had taught her to pet them gentlyFiona did so then very … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Adult, Affection, April, Bee, Bees, Bombus Tetris, Boundary Line, Bumble Bee, Buzz, Capability, Childhood Memory, Coincidence, Comfort, Communication, Copernican Revolution, Erase, Father, Fellow Creatures, Fiona, gardening, Gentle, Harbor, Human, Kinship, Kitchen Box, Lock, Morning, Nature, Palm, Poetry and Poems, Practicality, Preen, Queen, Recall, Respldence, Sensibility, Serenity, Sing, Sip, Sleet, Sugar Water, Urgency, Wing
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Thought For the Day: The Fear of Telling the Truth – Whatever That Truth May Be – That Fear Is the Most Painful Sensation of A Moral Life
“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult, Child, Fear, June Jordan, Moral Life, More Painful, Not To Tell Truth, Painful, Sensation, Taught, Thought of the Day, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Every Time I See an Adult on a Bicycle, I No Longer Despair for the Future of the Human Race
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” -H.G. Wells, writer (21 Sep 1866-1946)
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Tagged Adult, Bicycle, Despair, Every Time, Future, H.G. Wells, Human Race, See, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Every Child Deserves A Champion, An Adult Who Will Never Give Up On Them, Who Understands the Power of Connection and Insists That They Become the Best That They Can Possibly Be
“Every Child Deserves A Champion, An Adult Who Will Never Give Up On Them, Who Understands the Power of Connection and Insists That They Become the Best That They Can Possibly Be“- Rita Pierson
Having Heard the Warning
Further reflections on my eldest daughter turning 13: Heaving Heard the Warning by Michael Doyle On Saturday night as I kissed you into sleep There was a part of me that wanted to keep This moment forever as a sacred … Continue reading
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Adulting Conversation
Today’s world is perceived as fraught with danger. Linguists have determined that the more risk we believe society is in, the more we increasingly decline in adulting and the more we use words like “adulting”… Adulting Conversation by Michael Romani … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Adult, Adulting, Change, Communication, Construction, Conversation, Danger, Deal, Fascination, Fix, Future, Hope, Insult, Introduction, Keep It Real, Language, Linguist, Live and Learn, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Risk, Rope, Talk, Tic, Turn, Verbal Punch, Words
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