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1920’s Nostalgia
A Wistful Affection For The Past My mother looks rather elegant, don’t you think, as she poses for a photograph around the age of nineteen? Showing off her stylishness for sure---cloaked in black with a drape of fur---she is (and was) far from colorless! A Flair For...
After All Those Years
A Red Barn Story In the era when my grandfather owned an eighteen hundred-acre farm in rural Kentucky, barns were red. Many of those colorful frame buildings still dot the landscape along country roads today. None so nostalgic as the ones from my childhood. I was an...
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Good Advice Have you ever been tricked - just plain and simple - tricked? A violation of trust is ugly in any form. Look at these words: scam, bogus, fraud, swindle, phishing, fraudulent, con, hustle. Not a single one of those reminders of trickery is pretty. I...
Why Do We Have Boundaries?
Out of Bounds! “You’re out of bounds! And you’re not going to score anymore!” That was the yell coming from the boy behind me at last Friday night’s football game. He was not more than five years old, but he was completely determined to exercise his voice...
Emotion Control
Emotion Control Is A Contender For Joy Tell me what you think. Is this the coolest cover, depicting the man Simon Hagan—the main character in my debut novel, Eastbound From Flagstaff? How about another opinion? How I do I control emotion associated with...
An Epic Formula For Having A Friend
One Way “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” That's an epic formula for having a friend. In that statement by Ralph Waldo Emerson, was it merely his opinion or can we be confident that the advice will guide us toward having a friend? Is his approach too...
Where to Find the Ideal Friend
The Multi-Faceted Marvel of An Ideal Friend Connections with other humans and the healthy concept of belonging to another person are part of what we hope for in the multi-faceted marvel that is an ideal friend. From the cradle to the grave, we desire the close...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Courage of Your Convictions Do you have the confidence to act in accordance with your beliefs or ideologies, especially in the face of resistance, criticism, or persecution? That’s courage—the courage of your convictions. It’s the power to choose, and the knowledge to...
Permission to Climb
Brokenness Comes in Many Forms I clearly remember as a child, going into a neighbor’s attic while she and my mother talked in the living room at the neighbor’s home. It’s for sure they had given me permission to climb the stairs and entertain myself by poking...
Creative Discoveries About Laughter
Laughter Bridges A Gap I was 10 years old when my mother returned from a conference where she’d been away for at least a couple of days. and she presented me with a sock monkey as a gift. I’ve had a fascination with monkeys ever since—their habits, the way they fixate...
Discover Something Significant
The Process Call it a vision. Call it inspiration, but I’ve been gathering memories and the particles of necessities that were the foundation of my creative writing. Whether or not those tidbits and oddities provided a clear vision, even so, I was inspired by those...
How to Upgrade Your Outlook
Insight intensifies your Outlook Looking out from a vantage point above the English Channel, the Dover Castle provides a scene approaching pastoral quietness. The magnificent view belies what took place on this location in World War ll. It’s amazing to experience the...
How to Build Your Following
Build your following on a firm foundation A foundation is the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level. That definition suggests support is a necessary factor in carrying weight. Establishing criteria to undergird your relationships is...
This Little Light of Mine …
A Brighter World "This Little Light of Mine" is a fanciful jingle that, in a few repetitive sentences, offers a mighty powerful suggestion. Here are some of the lyrics: This Little Light Of Mine,I'm gonna let it shine,This Little Light Of Mine,I'm gonna let it...
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“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
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