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Fast As A Fox
When the raiders came, survival was to the strong and fleet of foot… Fast As A Fox by Michael Doyle Run, run Fast as a fox Hide, hide Inside the rocks Deep, deep Inside the grotto Weep, Weep Hidden In … Continue reading
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Tagged Atone, Blood, Chase, Conforms, Death, Deep, Drains, Excalibur, Fast, Fire, Fleet of Foot, Flow, Fox, Grotto, Hide, Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Raiders, Rain, Rich, Rocks, Run, Secrets, Shadow, Sink, Spill, Stone, Understood, Warm, Weep, Wolves, Wood
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Indiana Back Hills
I am not sure really how Google’s mapping GPS works. It usually gives me the most direct and quickest route to my destination. On my way home last night, I received directions that could not have possibly have been the … Continue reading
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Tagged All Too Near, Angel, Ask, Back Hills, Back Road, Being Alone, Belong, Blind, Bones, Burning Down, Capture, Catch, Close, Cool Breeze, Cross, Direct Route, Endless, Except, Explore, Fall, Feel, Fill, Find, Four Wheels, Good Kind of Tired, Google, GPS, Gratitude, Grow, Growth, Headlights, Here, Hold Me, Indiana, Last Light, Lonesome, Long, Loose, Map, Mask, Me, Meander, Memory, Mile, Moment, Moon, Need, Night, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Probably, Raccoon, Rain, Read, Rearview, Rise, Road, Roll, Secrets, Seem, Shadows, Signs, Slow Down, Smile, Somewhere, Sun's Eyes, Sunrise, Surround, Takes Me There, Tears, Thought, To Do, Today, Tomorrow, Too Busy Looking, Track, Trees, Twilight, Two Angels, Unexpected, Unfold, Unseen, View, Whisper, Wish, Without You
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Thought For the Day: When It Rains On Your Parade, Look Up Rather Than Down. Without the Rain, There Would Be No Rainbow
“(W)hen it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Tagged Down, Gilbert K Chesterton, No Rainbow, Parade, Rain, Thought For the Day, Up, Without Rain
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Sunshine On A Rainy Day
Day 26th of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo and the optional prompt is to write an almanac poem using: Almanac Questionnaire Weather: Rainy Day Flora: Marsh Roses Architecture: Limestone Customs: Pork Tenderloin Mammals/reptiles/fish: Sandhill Cranes Childhood dream: Becoming the president Found on … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 Hour News Cycle, Address, Amish, Art Museum, Bats, Belong, Bicycle, Clever, Crossroads, Desiree, Dream, Dress, Einstein, Escape, Fear, Feel, Forever, Graffiti, Heart, Here, Hometown, Hunch, Indiana, Kim Jong Un, Know, Lack, Limestone, Look, Love, Love Letters, Marsh Rose, Mine, Moon and Back, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poisoned Toads, Pork Tenderloin, President, Promise, Rain, Rainy Day, Sandhill Cranes, Space, Speculation, Street Lights, Sunday, Sunshine, SUV, Sweet Love, Thoughts, Three Thousand Miless, Window, Winnie the Pooh, Write
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Laurel Canyon Vibe
The 60s Los Angeles music scene was a very special time. I would love to have been there to seen all that talent in one place. https://flic.kr/p/vD253D Laurel Canyon Vibe by Michael Doyle There was an avalanche of sound That … Continue reading
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Tagged 60s, Ask, Association, Avalanche, Blur, Canyon, Cascade, Clear, Collaboration, Dream, Echo, Fantasy, Feeling, Find, Flow, Garden, Geometry, Good Day, Guitar Licks, Happening, Harmony, Heart, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, Love, Melody, Music Scene, Notes, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Question, Rain, Reeling, Reiteration, Reverberation, Rock N Roll, Sense, Soul, Sound, Street Corner, Street Light, Talent, Task, Urge, Urgency, Vibe, Vibration, What, When
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While Yet I Live
Today is chosen by some as Still Need To Do Day. There is a lot that I still need to do. How about you readers on here? Still have things to do? On the page speaking about this day, … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Abudance, Angels, Approach, Backward, Beams, Beautiful, Beauty, Belief, Best, Blessed, Chance, Deep, Do, Dream, Duty, Eyes, Family, Father, Feel, Fight, Forward, Gem, God, God Flow, Goodness, Haunt, Heart, Hearts, Heavens, Hide, History, Hope, Impact, Inner Peace, Janus, Joy, Keep, Kiss, Know, Last, Learn, Legacy, Letting Go, Life, Lifetime, Light, Live, Living Will, Look, Love, Magic, Miss, Missed, Moment, Mutality, Nation, New Year, Openness, Peace, Peace On Earth, Photograph, Plentiful, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Principles, Profane, Rain, Reach, Read, Ready, Release, Require, Sacred, Serve, Sing, Song, Spread, STarts, Still Need To Do List, Strength, Teach, Test, Them, Thought, Time Enough, To Do List, Today, Tomorrow, Treasure, Trust, Truth, Want, While, Wish, World, Write
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The Healing Acceptance of Self
A poem of humility and gratitude # 12: The Healing Acceptance of Self by Michael Romani With gratitude, I accept myself No longer looking for answers from a shelf But, seeking instead to find peace from within Behind that wall … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Accept, Alone, Answers, Awake, Blade, Burn, Child, Christ, Cobblestone, Comfort, Compulsion, Confusion, Constant, Cut, Discovery, Divine, Drama, Drown, Dysfunction, Eternity, Fade, Family, God, Grace, Gratitude, Healing, Heart, History, Humanity, Humility, Illusion, Love, Magic, Memory, Moment, Night, Pain, Pass, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pride, Question, Rain, Reality, Recovery, Sand, Scheme, Self, Self Affliction, Serenity, Shadow, Silence, Sin, Soul, Steps, Tears, Time, Trap, Trauma, Unfinished Business, Victim, Wall, Warm, Within
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First Principles: There Are No Necessary Evils In Government. Its Evils Exist Only In Its Abuses
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.” – Andrew Jackson
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Tagged Abuse, Andrew Jackson, Confine, Equal Protection, Favor, First Principles, Government, Heaven, High, Low, Necessary Evils, No, Poor, Rain, Rich, Unqualified Blessing
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Taking Stock
The Summer of 1969 was a defining moment in the life of America. The currents that led to it swept away many of the traditions of the past in that season of our discontent. Taking Stock by Michael Romani Bethel, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1969, America, Art, Assassination, Bethel, Better, Beyond, Bobby Kennedy, Brotherhood, Change, Choice, Clear, Defer, Different, Disaster, Discontent, Disillusion, Dream, Edge, Flood, Generation, Groove, Happening, Ignore, Illusion, Know, Lght, Loud, Music, Nation, Notoriety, Pain, Parents, Peace, Photograph, Pilgrim, Plan, Play, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Proud, Rain, Reverent, Revolution, Satisfy, Scream, Society, Storm, Strife, Summer, Tears, Thought, Transform, Vietnam, Voice, Wrath
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No Coincidence
An ardent atheist Issac Asimov was so startled by the number of improbables that allow live on the earth to thrive that he wrote a piece on that and the odds he tabulated were astronomical. He couldn’t bring himself to … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Dioxide, Chance, Coincidence, Earth, Earth Science, Edge, Extraordinary, Floor, Forgive, Gratitude, Hubble, Improbable, Issac Asimov, Miracle, Moment, Ocean, Odds, Organism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Resilient, River, Sediment, Sun, Survive, Thankful, Thrive, Together
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