Tag Archives: Beginning

A Most Holy Compact

The Mayflower Compact serves as the rudimentary model for the governance of the United States of America. As a document, it also served as a model for both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution itself. This year … Continue reading

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More Than Our Beginning

More Than Our Beginningby Michael DoyleIt’s more than our beginningI feel like first time really winningYour ways fill me up with loveAlways that something I’m dreaming ofDancing with you in my alwaysDreaming of you in all of my daysLooking into … Continue reading

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Entering the Afterlife

Started watching the point of origin series of Star Trek series with the girls.  The one that is more or less the prequel for the whole thing.  Got this out of the first episode: Entering the Afterlife by Michael Romani … Continue reading

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Bucket List Cools

During this time of limited travel and doing what we can to get through while making history simply by living as well as possible as we adapt to Covid, it’s maybe time to look at bucket lists. Bucket List Cools … Continue reading

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To Escape the Warren

More or less dedicated to A Watership Down: To Escape the Warren by Michael Doyle In the beginning Rabbit gained his tricks There on the path of winning Played out like a guitarist’s licks Each to have their meaning Captive … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Beginning of Wisdom Is To Call Things By Their Right Names

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.” – Confucius    

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Thought For the Day: A Grateful Heart Is A Beginning of Greatness

“A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.”  – James E. Faust      

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Triumphal Entry (Palm Sunday 2020)

Na/GloPoWriMo 2020, Day 5 is Palm Sunday! Challenging, really challenging prompt today.  20 separate components: “Our (optional) prompt for today is one that we have used in past years, but which I love to come back to, because it so … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Rushing Into Action, You Fail

“Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe. Therefore the Master takes action by letting things take their course. He remains as calm at the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Year’s End Is Neither End Nor Beginning But A Going On With All the Wisdom Experience Can Instill In Us

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal Borland      

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