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Covid and the Constitution
Covid and the Constitutionby Michael DoyleVoices arrayed together against an institutionOut of control of the reining in by the ConstitutionChecks and balances swept away along with our rightsStill, we ride forward like beleaguered knightsStay at home orders meant for communicable … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Abeyance, Abuse of Authority, Adversity, Aghast, America, Array, Ask, Beautiful, Beleaguered Knights, Best Practices, Blight, Bureaucrats, Case, Casinos, Chains, Checks and Balances, Churches, Closed Down, Constitution, Contrarian, Conversation, Cost of Silence, Course, Covid, Crown, Current Crisis, Death or Liberty, Decision, Deliberation, Desperate Situation, Dictate, Draconian Regulation, Economy, Effective, Embrace, Emergency Police Powers, Enforcement Issues, Executive Branch, Executive Dictate, Exercise, Face, Fail, Federal, Feduce, Force, Forgiving, Fray, Free, Freedom, Freedoms, Functionalism, Good Citizens, Governance, Government, Great, Health, History, Hour, Institution, Interpretation, Irritation, Jeopardy, Laboring Oar, Legal, Legislation, Legislature, Libertarian, Liberty, Limitation, Lives Lived, Looking Out, Loss of Our Liberty, Lost Liberty, Machination, Make A Living, Mankind, Mask, Money, Nation, Natural Law, Nature, New Normal, Noble, Open, Others Will Take, Out of Control, Overbearing, Partisan Warfare, Peaceful Assembly, Permanent Emergency, Perspective, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Political Landscape, Pretending, Price, Protected Right, Pushback, Question, Quiet, Rationalism, Recall, Rein In, Restrain, Right, Rights, Rigor, Rule of Law, Safety, Samuel Adams, Sealed Fate, Security, Seize, Separation of Powers, Soul of Our Nation, States, Stay At Home Orders, Steps, Strangle, Stripping Away, Strong Enough, Surrender, Suspension, Swept Away, Technocrats, The Courts, The People, Today, True Representation, Ugly, Unending, Unfair, Urgency, Virtue Signaling, Virus, Vocal, Voices, We The People, Welfare, Withstand, Worse
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Long Time, No Talk
Long Time, No Talkby Michael DoyleThough the Lord is my shepherdI think you know, Lord, that it’s inferredThat though I should not, yet I doIt’s been a long time since I’ve talked to youStanding as I am amidst life’s mysteryWondering … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustment, Alone, Anchor, Attitude, Best, Daily, Deep Conversation, Demands, Desperate, Do, Eyes, Face to Face, Father, Fill, Grace, Gratitude, Harmony, Heal, Heart, Infer, Inquisition, Keep Things Real, Know, Life, Long Time, Lord, Marvel, Melody, Mind, Mystery, Need, No Talk, Open, Pass, Passes, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polite Society, Prodigal Son, Propriety, Questions, See, Shepherd, Time, Too Late, We, Welcome, Yet
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Lifted Song
A sort of song of praise: Lifted Song by Michael Doyle With a lifted song I find myself drawn To where I belong Awakening with the dawn I’ve seen all that you’ve done Mystified by the glory of the Son … Continue reading
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Tagged Awaken, Belong, Change, Crown, Dawn, Days, Done, Doubt, Down, Drawn, Each Moment, Everything, Faith, Flood, Glory, Heart, Lift, Mean, Myself, Mystify, Open, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pours Out, Praise, Proclaim, Reason, Release, Sacred Place, Seen, Shine, Sing, Son, Song, Songs, Space, Story, Victory, Worship
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Thought For the Day: Whenever We Take Away the Liberties of Those Whom We Hate, We Are Opening the Way To Loss of Liberty For Those We Love
“Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.” – Wendell L. Willkie (1892-1944)
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Tagged Expression, Freeze, Hate, Liberties, Loss of Liberty, Love, Minority Thinking, Open, Prevent, Progress, Society, Suppress, Take Away, Thought For the Day, Wendell L Wilkie
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Thought For the Day: Open Discussion of Many Major Public Questions Has For Some Time Now Been Taboo
“Open discussion of many major public questions has for some time now been taboo. We can’t open our mouths without being denounced as racists, misogynists, supremacists, imperialists or fascists. As for the media, they stand ready to trash anyone so … Continue reading
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Tagged Denounced, Designate, Fascist, Imperialist, Major Public Questions, Media, Misogynist, Open, Open Discussion, Racist, Saul Bellow, Supremacist, Taboo, Thought For the Day, Trash
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The Journey Back
Things of memory have the worth of time revealed in the quiet moments of our hearts. The Journey Back by Michael Doyle Somewhere in a cup of coffee Is the reflection that is memory Somehow a photograph starts to show … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Broken, Burdens, Childhood, Children, Coffee, Confusion, Cruel, Crush, Dance, Disappointments, Every Day, Fanciful Hopes, Fantastic Schemes, Find, Firm, Forgot, Given, Graveyard, Half Measure, Hearts, Hope, Humility, Idleness, Illusion, Journey, Kin Is Kin, Know, Left Behind, Lies, Little Things, Living Dreams, Love, Memory, Mind, Open, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Pretend, Prove, Quiet Moments, Reflection, Remind, Reveal, Show, Skin, Spoken, Strong, Times, Treasure, Trouble, True Love, Truer Words, Truth, Utility, Warm, Wishing It So, Words, Worth, Yesterday, Youth
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A Child of Interesting Conversation
It’s hard for some to listen to a child, dream his or her dreams. I’m not certain of why. Maybe because for so many, life in the end can be a be let down? Not sure and even less certain … Continue reading
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Tagged Awesome, Child, Company, Conversation, Destination, Devotion, Dream, Eyes, Heart, Hope, Imagination, Joy, Open, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rise, Sacred, Say, Sun, Way
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Framing the Lines
Photographic composition often has the challenge of how to turn the two dimensional into something that has depth and seems a bit three dimensional. Framing the Lines by Michael Doyle Doorways, windows and rock formations Layer our photos with their … Continue reading
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Tagged 2d, 3d, Catalysts, Chaos, Composition, Connection, Containment, Control, Craft, Depth, Detection, Dimension, Doors, Doorways, Draw, Elements, Entertain, Eye, Eyes, Find, Focal, Focus, Forgot, Frame, Guide, Holy Grail, Information, Interest, Involve, Journey, Key, Layer, Leading Lines, Light, Lines, Lot, Multiple, Open, Photograph, Photos, Poem, Poetry, Right, Road, Rock Formations, Soul, Story, Tales, Tools, Truth, Unfold, Windows, Windows of the Soul, World, Zest
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De Bussy Opening
In a review of what brought about the changes of 20th Century art music, leads to at least one conclusion. It was Beethoven and then De Bussy to blame…. 😉 De Bussy Opening by Michael Doyle Music like all of … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Action, Art, Art & Music, Articulation, Aural, Balance, Beethoven, Catalyst, Claude De Bussey, Compose, Composition, Concession, Culture, Cyclical, De Bussey, Delicacy, Depth, Development, Different, Ebb, Enlightenment, Explosive, Familiar, Flow, Fluidity, Form, Forward, Frame, Frames, French, Generation, Gentle, Ground Zero, Heed, Hero, Imagination, Implosive, Importance, Infuence, Instrumentality, Intimate, Kept, Life, Linear, Lush, Melodic, Modernism, Motif, Music, Musical, Needed, New Game, Nurture, Open, Perspective, Photograph, Phrase, Pierre Boulez, Poem, Poetry, Prelude To A Fawn, Profound, Progression, Romance, Rules, Sake, Sake of Sound, Self Confession, Self-Satisfaction, Simple, Sound, Strife, Strings, Symbolism, Syntax, Tickle, Tonal Color, Tonality, Touch, Transparency, Understood, Winds
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First Principles: Keep Your Eyes Wide Open Before Marriage, Half Shut Afterwards
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.” – Benjamin Franklin, in Poor Richard’s Almanack
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Tagged After, Before, Benjamin Franklin, Eyes, First Principles, Half Shut, Keep, Marriage, Open, Poor Richard's Almanack, Wide
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