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Birth of a Blog: Heart to Heart
Somewhere around my fiftieth birthday I started thinking seriously about what I could still achieve in the fifteen to twenty years I had left in the work force, and hoping I’ll have many healthy years...
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Leaders, Followers and Fancy Footwork
Do you aspire to leadership? Are you a leader? Are you a follower? Do you hope to be a follower? Leadership is highly valued in our society. Following–not so much. Just as we’d never set out to become...
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Deeply Rooted
There’s something about one’s heritage that runs deep. Be it genetic memory, collective unconscious, morphic fields, or some other forthcoming mechanism, I believe we encounter intangibles like...
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Life, Death and Grains of Sand
We never know how long we have. We don’t know how long we have with the ones we love. Today nineteen elite firefighters lost their lives fighting a monstrous fire near Phoenix. A tragic loss. Countless...
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Poems from a Younger Me (17)
Like a blade of grass amidst meadows ~ i ~ so unnoticed yet so full of life -me, @17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On my Mind in the 70’s: Pollution, City Expansion, Violence, A Frightening...
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Weekend Dissipation
Friday brings anticipation; promise of rejuvenation. Saturday, The List begins– Chores and household obligation, Squeeze in time for jubilation. Sunday whispers, “Spirit waken,” Too soon dawns the...
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Reaching Out With WordPress
The way I figure, if this conversation ~blogging~ reaches even one person, then it is worthwhile; even if that one is just you or me. Heart reaching heart, relating, encouraging– this is life. Note:...
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Haiku Grace Journey
The Fall Heart falls–glass vase. . . down Droplets and shards splay with force Dreams, with them, splatter. The Ache Heart aches–lost in gloom Dull and flat to spite the sun Hopes, defied and slain....
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Liebster not Biebster
This article has absolutely nothing to do with Justin Beiber, shown here turning himself into police on Jan 30, 2014, courtesy of abcnews.com All the talk about what the Biebster is doing wrong again....
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Life is Better with a Twist: Weekly Photo Challenge
We may think we want to order our lives with predictable precision. We may think we can build protective fortresses to ward off suffering and pain. Life throws us challenges, though. How we choose to...
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ROFLMAO
I can’t remember the last time I actually rolled on the floor, laughing my ass off. Maybe that would explain the slight but ever so definite widening of this writer’s derriere? This week’s DP Challenge...
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And on and on
I wait for no one I am a-wastin’ You cannot stop me I will tell I am an illusion I keep on slippin’ into the future Procrastination is my thief If you enjoy wasting me, you will not waste me I am an...
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But I Don’t Wanna Go On a ‘Bencher!
Adventure. There’s so much in a word. What’s your take on the word adventure? Some say it’s about taking a risk, trying something new, or exploring new territory. Some say life’s an adventure. Here’s a...
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Dark Chocolate to my Soul
Click to view slideshow. First smile from my baby~ Fingertips at my back~ Purple hued sunsets o’er mountain or sea. A word fitly spoken~ Laughing toddlers at play~ Secret gifts sent before there’s a...
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Passing
Untimely for we who stay, Torn in sore lament– Time and distance Ne’er to be breached again; Not from our doing. Resigned unto eternity Or waiting to be joined again When breath doth cease. ~ Then, to...
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A Delicate Strength
Rocky Mountain National Park Above the tree line, frigid wind, snow and ice sever all but the most adapted life forms. In this harsh environment, against all expectation, alpine wildflowers paint the...
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Elusive Pleasures: Get the Feeling Back!
How can we get our brains to release that much-needed pleasure response again? We’ve looked at how easy it is to lose a good feeling. A simple change in sensation can derail pleasure. (If you’re just...
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Do-Overs
Ever wish someone would yell, “Cut!” and you’d get a chance to do the scene over? Maybe you lost your temper. Maybe you felt the fool after spilling your guts. Or, maybe you tripped and fell,...
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Are you akin to kindness?
@DenesiaChristine Captured this fallen beauty, 2023 It’s not news; as far as history traces our interactions, we humans have had troubles with one another. We get ourselves tied in knots worrying...
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The Looks. The Feels. The Stuff of Life.
Have you ever received a thank you card describing how much you mean to the sender? Has someone whispered in your ear that you helped them in ways you’ll never know? What does it feel like to realize...
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