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First Principles: Were We Directed From Washington When To Sow, and When To Reap, We Should Soon Want Bread
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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First Principles: Were We Directed From Washington When To Sow, and When To Reap, We Should Soon Want Bread
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” -Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Tagged Bread, Directed, First Principles, Reap, Soon, Sow, Thomas Jefferson, Washington, We, Were
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Having Heard the Warning
Further reflections on my eldest daughter turning 13: Heaving Heard the Warning by Michael Doyle On Saturday night as I kissed you into sleep There was a part of me that wanted to keep This moment forever as a sacred … Continue reading
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Think On These Things
Keeping your mind on the positive and away from the negative is trick of life well worth the learning. It is so easy, too easy, for my mind to turn toward the negative. But when I keep my mind and … Continue reading
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Home On Phone, the Homophones Echo
The Poem A Day for Day #13 is to be prepared in the Echo Poem form. The word prompt if needed is ‘dense’. From https://www.britannica.com/art/echo-verse: “Echo verse, a type of verse in which repetition of the end of a line … Continue reading


