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Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car). The most expensive personal purchase I made was actually almost 9 years ago, well time really does fly by… it was my Ashley Power Recliner, in extra wide to hold not only me but to have snuggle room for my fur…
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Reading and Writing, and Arithmetic, Taught to the tune of a Hickory Stick… I was a child that really loved school, as a kid, a teen, and an adult. In my childhood, I adored spelling, words amazed me and I competed in spelling bees and won once in grammar school. That played into a love…
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Do you need time? Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” – William Penn There seems to never be enough time in the day when you have things to do. We spend our days rushing to do, trying to make the most of it when we are young. Aging makes time…
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Rambling on about plans and the vision for the next three years… I suppose we all make plans, that is what we do as humans, plan things, do things, and try to make them happen in our own time. I have aged to the point I now understand that old saying, “We make plans and…
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Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. In life we seem to scurry along, carrying with us the weight of what if’s, why’s, and if only’s. We rarly slow down and digest the things that cause us pain, rationalize the defeats and wins of life, love, and the day to day issues.…
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Rambling on about democracy, decency, faith, and life….. I REMEMBER… when democracy was what we favored, wanted, fought for… I can remember people accepting each other, it was a struggle we lived through, the changes were hard fought, we’re a bit overwhelming and scary for me as a young person but we powered through. I…
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If Only, and Hindsight, wonderful thoughts. If Only… If only we knew at times that the “time” we are living through, that the moments we are enjoying and living through will be fleeting in reality. I suppose that is why the people that are older in our lives tell us to enjy the times and…
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What historical event fascinates you the most? On Halloween Eve in 1938, Americans tuning in to CBS radio programming got an eerie interruption: “Martians have invaded New Jersey!” At the time, the pre-Halloween allusion to extraterrestrials caused mass hysteria for thousands of listeners around the country. Although it was simply a radio play by Orson…
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The Power of Kindness in Everyday Life… In a world that often feels fast paced and disconnected, there is one universal truth that everyone should know: kindness matters. Whether at work, school, home, or out and about among people, the simple act of being kind can have a profound impact not only on others but…
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When Creative Expression Collides with Turmoil…. There are days, sometimes weeks, sometimes months, when the act of writing feels impossible. The pen hovers, the keyboard waits, but the words refuse to gather. Instead, they scatter like autumn leaves in the wind, lost to the overwhelming chaos outside. For writers and creatives, this paralysis is not…
