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American Dream
In this day and age, so many tear at the foundations of America. They do so with an almost willful ignorance of what came before and what’s happened since. There is an insistence that perfection be from the beginning when … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Children, Confuse, Critic, Crumble, Dream, Dystopia, Family, Foundation, Freedom, Gettysburg, God Given, Hues, Human Condition, Humble Beginning, Ignorance, Judge, Mankind, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Reparations, Revolution, Shoes, Shoulder, Slavery, Tear, Today, Understanding
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Thought For the Day: Be Aware of Wonders While Living A Balanced Life
” Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some, and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” – Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)
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Tagged Aware, Balanced Life, Dance, Draw, Evvery Day, Learn, Live, Paint, Play, Robert Fulghum, Sing, Think, Thought For the Day, Wonder, Work
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Thought For the Day: It Is Paradoxical When Parents and Teachers Fail To See the Connection Between Learning and Play
“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” – Leo Buscaglia, author (31 Mar 1924-1998)
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Tagged Connection, Educator, Learn, Leo Buscaglia, Paradox, Parents, Play, Thought For the Day
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Frozen Infinity
The challenge brought last night was to write a poem about snow, ice, winter, spring and all the things these things bring. Who knew that albatrosses also mate for life? I didn’t know…. and…Here’s my attempt: Frozen Infinity by … Continue reading
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Tagged Albatross, Alive, Antarctica, Beauty, Blunder, Boom, Children, Cod, Consequence, Consign, Cost, Cub, Cycle, Design, Duty, Early Bird, Earth, Emperor, Feeling, Flood, Frozen, God Willing, Harsh, Hunter, Ice, Icicle, Infinity, Lean Times, Life, Loom, Manna, Melt, Meltwater, Migration, Mother Nature, Mother's Love, Narhal, New Life, Niche, North, Ocean, Peace, Pebble, Penguin, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Polar Bear, Polar Wind, Prey, Remind, Sense, Snow, Spring, Stone, Strife, Sun, Survive, Tapestry, Thaw, Tundra, Tusk, Tuxedo, Unfair, Unicorn, Waterfall, Winter, Wonder
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Nostalgia For Guantanamo
Next on the series of challenges for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 is to write a poem pertinent to places of origin. It seems to me that regardless of place of birth or my history of Hawai’i and California, the place that … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence, Beach, Best, Blue Beach, Bond, Brothers, Cable Beach, Cacti, Cactus Curtain, California, Children, Columbus, Company, Conserve, Courage, Cry, Cuba, Cuzco Beach, Deep, Desalination, Dust, Embrace, Endemic, Experience, Extended Family, Family, Family Beach, Fauna, Ferry Landing Beach, Fisherman's Point, Flavor, Flora, Fondness, Freedom, Friendship, Glass Beach, Grow Up, GTMO, Guantanamera, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Public Memory Project, Hawai'i, Heart, Hidden Beach, Horse, Island Hop, John Paul Jones Hill, Join, Landmine, Laugh, Leeward, Lesson, Lifetime, Live, Looking Back, Love, Memory, Na/GloPoWriMo, Natural History, Naval Base, Niknik Beach, No Man's Land, Nostaglia, Opuntia, Party, Photograph, Pirate, Place, Play, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Rain, Rainforest, Revolution, River, Rules, School, Semi Arid, Shape, Sisters, Small Town Living, Splash, Tales, Trails, Truest, Truth, Unique, Upper Hand, Water, William T. Sampson, Windmill Beach, Windward, Youth
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A Pillow’s Talk of Things
The ninth day of Na/GloPoWriMo is based on the lists found in Sei Shonagon’ s The Pillow Talk. As the hour has grown later than I had hoped and only just recently finished a show along with a late dinner and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adore, Attention, Attitude, Beast, Beloved, Best, Best Intention, Breeze, Bring, Busy Day, Care, Chase, Chase Circles, Cloud, Confide, Confusion, Conquer, Cry, Delight, Depression, Despise, Difference, Diffidence, Enchantment, Eye to Eye, Face, Fascination, Find, Fruits, Game, God's Daughter, Grace, Gratitude, Hate, Heart, Heart Sing, Hope, Hour, Imagination, Impression, Intention, Keep, Knowledge, Known, Lady Love, Last, Late, Laughter, Lifetimes, Love, Memory, Mesmerize, Mind, Moon, Na/GloPoWriMo, Night, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Power, Precious, Prove, Pure, Questions, Raindrop, Reason Why, Rendition, Respect, Rule, Save, Sei Shonagon, Share, She, Sigh, Smile, Solitary Power, Soul, Sparkle, Spell Caster, Tantalize, Tear, Tears, Test, The Pillow Talk, Thought, Times, Tree House, Trouble, Upset, Voice, Vow, Way, Word, Words
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A Prairie Sky’s Truth
Sometimes seeing things differently is mental illness; sometimes it’s seeing things differently. A show I was watching at the suggestion of a person who is increasingly important to me portrayed that in an interesting bit that I have attempted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Anticipation, Behind, Blind, Blue, Cancer, Candle, Delusion, Different, Disappear, Disturb, Dream, Drown, Expectation, Eyes, Find, Free, Grow, Help, Home, Hope, Illusion, Kid, Learn, Lesson, Life, Light, Long, Lost, Love, Mediate, Medicate, Melody, Mental Illness, Mind, Night, Numb, Pain, Passing Year, Person, Perspective, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Prairie Sky, Pray, Question, Return, Reverent, Say, Science, Sense, Signs, Silent Scream, Sleep, Society, Strong, Think, Treat, Truth, Tunnel, Wake, Words, You and I
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I’m Sure You’d Say
Did you ever have special friends that you daydreamed aloud with a kid? What were you going to be when you grew up? I mean besides older… I’m Sure You’d Say by Michael Romani Childhood’s dreams into imaginary We set … Continue reading
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Tagged Actress, Brain, Call, Dance, Daydream, Dreams, Fighting Hard, Friends, Grain, Hands, Hold, Human Being, Imaginary, Kid, Late Night Talk, Laugh, Legendary, Locked Away, Morning Light, Music, Night, Ordinary, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Popcorn, Say, Screen, Sing, Smile, Song, Special, Walk, Wall, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: Work, Play and Rest With and On Purpose
Work on Purpose, Play on Purpose, Rest on Purpose. Do not let yourself or anyone else waste your time.” -Izey Victoria Odiase
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Tagged Anyone, Izey V Odiase, Play, Purpose, Rest, Time, Waste, Work, Yourself
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Played Like The Boss
The relevance of rock-n-roll is how something so irreverently off the cuff could change the world into the mainly the Key of E. E for emotion, excitement, energy, enjoyment and evolving us into a whole new paradigm. Many watching wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Applause, Boss, Change, Chin, Chord, Common Man, Constant, Dark, Doubt, Explosion, Glory, Guitar, Home, Jaded Past, Key of E, Light, Motorcycle, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Revolution, Rock N Roll, Satisfaction, Six String, Society, Songs, Stage Lights, Story, Television, Truth, World, Young Boy
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