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The Magic of Hope, Part I
The Magic of Hope, Part Iby Michael DoyleIn all of the hustled hassleOf a snow-blanketed sense of seasonLife is oft lived like an air-castleFilled with whimsy decorated with reasonA good Christmas is worked uponAnd not just a state-of-mindJust as soon … Continue reading
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Tagged Air-Castle, Approach, Articles, Atomic Particles, Bear, Believing, Best Company, Blessed, Blessing, Bliss, Brave, Busy, Cheerful, Children, Christmas, Company, Cozy, Crisis, Danger, Destination, Elves, End of the Rope, Everywhere, Feet, Floorboards, Forget, Gentle Reminder, Giants, Girl, Half-Forgotten, Happiness, Hassle, Hear, Heart, Incentive, Journey, Knowing, Lost, Lurk, Magic of Hope, Magic of Snow, Making Ends Meet, Miserable, Nestled, Nightmare, Noise, Nordic Forest, Persevere, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Purity, Read, Reason, Reclaim, Regret, Relief, Sacred Quest, Season, Secret Village, Silver Moon, Skies, Snow, Snowing, Speaking Without Words, Special Part, State-of-Mind, Story, Sympathy, Talked, Top Shelves, True Glory, Truth, Tune, Twinkle, Two Kind Words, Universe, Vapors, Walked, Warm Memory, Whimsy, Woods, Year
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First Principles: I Only Regret That I Have But One Life To Lose For My Country
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” – Nathan Hale, before being hanged by the British, 1776
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Tagged First Principles, Lose, My Country, Nathan Hale, One Life, Only, Regret
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Wishes of Gray (Thoughts On My Birthday)
Wishes of Gray (Thoughts On My Birthday)by Michael DoyleIn all of my wishes of grayToday is just another dayI’m another year olderBut no less the bolderCreated in my confessionIs my long ago connectionThat I’ll never be older than I feelWith … Continue reading
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Tagged Affirmed, Another Year Older, Be Their Best, Best, Both Feet Grounded, Bury Me, Capability, Catch As Catch Can, Closer To Death, Confession, Connection, Create, Daugthers, Death, Deeply, Dignity, Done My Best, Door, Each Breath, Each Day, Encourage, Face, Feel, God's Will, Gray, Guessing, Heaven, Hell, Hesitation, Ignore, Instill, Integrity, Just Another Day, Keep Faith, Keep It Real, Knocking, Lesson, Life Is Lived, Life's Lessons, Live Life Fully, Look Back, Loved Ones, Loved Them, Loving Eyes, Measure, My Birthday, Never Forget, No Goodbyes, No Less Bolder, No Time, Older, On His Side, Passed the Test, Poetry and Poems, Preciousness, Regret, Satisfied, Say This, See You Later, Sigh, Stumble, Taught, There Is No Such Thing, Thoughts, To My Last Breath, Today, Treasure, Truly Matters, When It's Time It's Time, Wishes, Witty Reply, Wounded Pride
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Thought For the Day: I Have Often Regretted My Speech, Never My Silence
“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.” – Publilius Syrus (though often mistakenly attributed to Xenocrates or that that other great mind, “Anonymous”
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Tagged Never, Often, Publilius Syrus, Regret, Silence, Speech, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Abuses of the Press and Media Are So Important To Freedom and Science As to Be Deeply Regrettable As These Tend To Lessen Its Usefulness and To Sap Its Safety
“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuses, Administration, Charge, Dare, Deep, Devise, Disturb, First Principles, Freedom, Important, Institution, Lessen, Licentiousness, Order, Press, Regret, Safety, Sap, Science, Thomas Jefferson, Usefulness
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First Principles: No County On Earth Ever Had More In Its Power To Attain These Blessings Than United America
“No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from … Continue reading
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Tagged Attain, Blessings, Depart, Earth, First Principles, George Washington, Means, Neglect, Plain, Pointed, Power, Providence, Regret, Road, Strange, United America
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Awkward Silence Felt
Does anyone else ever get into routines? I suppose there is good and bad to these things. Awkward Silence Felt by Michael Doyle The awkward silence between Feels down, dirty and mean In pop culture’s references We’re coming down to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, After All, Avoid, Awkward, Between, Confusion, Dare, Dark Clouds, Desperation, Expect, Familiarity, Feel, Feeling, Felt, Flow, Free, Free of Cost, Full, Go, Good and Bad, Grow, Guarantee, Hurt, Incongruity, Inspiration, Keep, Know, Lame, Learn, Lesson, Life, Live the Dream, Lost, Lot To Be Said, Lull, Might Be, Mind, Moments, Okay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Prefect, Preference, Psychic, Puppet Master, Puppets, Reference, Regret, Revealing, Routine, Rumor, Rut, Same, Sameness, Say, Secrets, Seem, Shy, Signs, Silence, Sincerity, Sky High, Sleep, Soul, Truth, Work Out
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Notions of Landscaping
Continuing in the series on one of my favorite hobbies, photography: Notions of Landscaping by Michael Doyle Still life perfected in the land Just you, the light and what you understand Arriving early, just to stay late Apply your imagination … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial, Animation, Cake, City Lifee, Complexity, Dance of Life, Day, Define, Devious, Devise, Drama, Early, East, Extra, Fade, Fascination, Feel, Flair, Forget, Frame, Gentle, Good, Hobby, Icing, Imagination, Land, Landscaping, Late, Layer, Less, Light, Look, Meaning, More, Movement, Night, Notions, Obvious, On the Fly, Photograph, Photography, Players, Poem, Poetry, Prefect, Quietness, Red, Reflection, Regret, Rooster, Rural, Seen, Shadow, Stage, Still Life, Stormy, Story, Sunset, Thirds, Trick of Light, Understand, Understood, Visualization, World, You, Zest
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The Way of Swords
A warrior knows the ways of war. It’s that fighting soul so often missing in these times. The Way of Swords by Michael Doyle The way of swords Knows its own destiny Like an apple sliced and cored It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Battlefield, Bone, Brave, Brief, Chance, Death, Destiny, Doubt, Fear, Fight, Forget, Forsaken, God's Will, History, King, Legendary, Live, Moment, Own, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pull, Regret, Savage, Soul, Swords, Tale, Thrall, Victory, Warrior, Way, Ways of War, Whittle
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