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First Principles: With Those Who Wish To Think Amiss of Me, I Have Learned To Be Perfectly Indifferent
“With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learned to be perfectly indifferent; but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, and to need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be passive.” – … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Amiss, First Principles, Indifferent, Ingenuous, Learn, Mind, Need Only Truth, Passive, Perfectly, Set To Rights, Think, Thomas Jefferson, Those, Wish
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Bloated Ramble
Another sort of look at how monsters are just good challenged and not evil… 😉 Bloated Rambleby Michael DoyleHumans fear the hours of the nightAll the darkness and absence of lightAnd all of the sounds that bring human frightSimply because … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absence, Among Us, Bloat, Bogeyman, Bright, Challenged, Crackle, Creatures, Dark, Darkness, Devil, Difference, Door, Explore, Fear, Fright, Frighten, Fungus, Hide, Horror Show, Human, Humans, Incivility, Joys, Light, Lights, Me and You, Monsters, Monstrosity, Mutual, Night, Not Evil, Overstatement, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rainbow, Ramble, Rattle, Rubbing, Shake, Simple, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Squeak, Stone, Superstitious, Talk, Town, True, Truth, Well, Wish, Women, World, Wrong
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Unique Just Means Alone
They say no man is an island. Perhaps for some of us, it would be better if we were. Unique Just Means Alone by Michael Doyle I guess it doesn’t matter if it’s deserved That special designation that’s been reserved … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alone, Around, Atone, Best, Change, Compel, Deserve, Dignity, Doing One's Best, Exact, Fact, Find, Found, Funny, Globe, Heart of Stone, Intact, Life, Light, Matter, Means, Moral Compass, More To Say, Others, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rearrange, Reserve, Rigidity, Runner, Seek, Silent, Soul, Special Designation, Special Rock, Spins, Stay the Same, Struggle, Talk, Test, Turnout, Turns Out, Unique, Walk, Wish
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Winchester I. The Arrival
There is a famous house in California built the widow of the same Winchester who invented the famous rifle of the same name. Winchester I. The Arrival by Michael Doyle The bell tolls in the dark of night While the … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Arrival, Awakes, Bell, Blood, Blow, Build, California, Cause, Chaos, Cheer, Confusion, Control, Creak and Groan, Cycles, Dark of Night, Death, Desperation, Doctor, Doubt, Drapes, Drip, Endless, Endless Rooms, Escape, Expansion, Falls Into Place, Fear, Fire, Fools, Gloom, Grief, Haunted, Hope, Horror, House, Hundred Rooms, Husband, Illusion, Journey, Last Breath, Life, Man, Mansion, Medium, Mind, Mirror, Mother, Move Past, Nearer, Need, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pointless, Reaches Out, Recall, Reclusive, Regain, Relief, Repeating, Respect, Reveal, Rifle, Rules, Self-Inflicted, Shadow, Son, Soul, Spiritualist, Stagger, Stairs, Suffer, Survey, Take Back Control, Tempest, Time, Tire, Tolls, Too Great A Price, Wall, Whisper, Widow, Winchester, Wind, Window, Wish, Wounded Heart
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The God Smiles
A bit of a story about Celtic magic derived from a much larger story: The God Smiles by Michael Doyle The God smiles in sanctification Blessing His love in its purification Lessons taught in the Garden’s tending Such is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Burn, Burning Embers, Celtic, Dawn, Death, Demons, Face, Garden, Go On, Greater, Inside, Learn, Lessons, Life, Love, Magic, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretending, Pretense, Pride, Purification, Rage, Santification, Sleepy Village, Smiles, Taught, Tending, The God, Timbers, Wakes, Wish, Wolf
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Life Taken By Slice
Life is filled with events that beg for good photographs that capture their essence. Next in the series on photography and photograph composition. Life Taken By Slice by Michael Doyle Birthdays, weddings and holidays Special occasions in a million ways … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Being, Bind, Birthday, Blow the Candles Out, By Slice, Cake, Candid, Caption, Capture, Catch, Colors, Count, Detail, Details, Don't Stop the Action, Drama, Draws In, Emotions, Essence, Events, Every Angle, Face, Fade Into Night, Find, Fly On the Wall, Force, Glasses Raised, Glorious Moments, Good Times, Grab, Hard, Holidays, Homework, Humans Being, Impossible To Replace, Life, Life Goes By, Life's Events, Light, Long Exposure, Main Dish, Meaning, Moments, Moments of Joy, Most, Neglect, Nothing, Photograph, Photographs, Photos, Poetry, Presents, Remember, Respect, Round of Drinks, Satisfaction, Saving Aside, Scout Out, Seasoning, Seen, Sight, Slice By Slice, Soak, Something, Spark, Special Occasions, Spice, Stolen Kiss, Stop Time, Stuck In Mind, Stuff of Life, Sublime, Surmise, Surprise, Swirls, Takes, The Best of Life, Thought, Tie, Toast, Wedding, Whisper, Wish, Wonderful
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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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Happiest of Fathers Day!!
Wishing every father out there that they know the love of being a daddy who is richly blessed by the love of his children!! As for me and mine, I think we’re heading out for a short road trip!! … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Blessed, Children, Daddy, Happy Fathers Day!, Love, Road Trip, Thought of the Day, Wish
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On Attempting To Be A Good Father
As Father’s Day approaches, I am thinking a lot on what it means to be a father to my two daughters. I am woefully aware that as they approach their teenage years, there are things I might have said and … Continue reading
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Tagged Approaches, Attempt, Bless, Case, Cause, Choice, Circumstances, Daughters, Disrupt, Do My Best, Don't Know What To Do, Eyes, Fail, Fall, Family, Father, Father's Day, Father's Face, Find, Follow, Forgive, Forgiveness, God, Good, Good Father, Grace, Guidance, Hard Calling, Hope, Knees, Know, Lead, Learn, Let Down, Little Voice, Live, Look, Love, Lucifer, Mean, Mend, Mercy, My Family, Not In Vain, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Press Onward, Prevail, Priceless, Princesses, Proud, Providence, See, Show by Example, Show Them, Steel, Strength, Strive, Tear, Tears, Think, Totality, Treasure, True, Two, Understanding, Velvet, Vulnerability, Weaknesses, Will, Wish
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