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A Gray Dawn Rising… Good morning from the deep south, where the horizon wakes gently beneath a heavy, gray sky. The hush outside my window is almost tangible, as if the clouds have pressed their palm against the world, muffling even the birds’ earliest songs. The trees stand in silhouette, the moss draped limbs swaying…
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Describe your life in an alternate universe. Life lately seems to be an alternative reality… The rise of old hate, old prejudices, news that has no basis in truth but yarns woven to enhance the despicable behaviors of people in power. People, men, women, and children, being snatched from the streets, homes, businesses, and fields…
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There are days when the air feels thick, as if every breath must be forced through a veil woven with uncertainty and urgency. Lately, it seems that each morning in America is greeted not by lightness, but by the heaviness of questions that linger in the national consciousness. Life, always a complicated journey, has in…
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What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it? The most expensive meal I ever purchased was one that was not about the price, it was an experience with my parents… a gift for their anniversary which falls on December 23, I gifted them The New Year’s Champagne Brunch at…
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Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that. In the News… old building on Norwich street succumbs to time and injury… no attention was paid, no real concern to watch it, fix it, no one to help, no one cared… after being ran into by…
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List 30 things that make you happy. To be honest, the first thought that entered my mind when I read this prompt was Julie Andrews singing, These are a few of my favorite things. To be honest, I’m humming that tune now as I write. What makes me happy… this list will be telling, ot…
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Describe one habit that brings you joy. Finding Joy in the world, in your life can seem hard for some of us. For me it comes not from grand gestures or illusions but from what some would call simple things… The habit that brings me joy is my morning habit, it starts with my coffee,…
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Good morning Y’all it’s Sunday, I wish I had a church where I felt welcomed, easy, and at home in, I miss that deeply. I woke up early this morning, before daylight, not sure why, or what woke me… I guess God. I feel the need to be in the quiet, no music, no TV,…
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Dealing with Depression and Suicide in Today’s Heavy World. A Real Conversation About Mental Health Hey Y’all, Let’s Start Here… So, things feel kind of upside-down lately, right? There is weariness and heaviness that seems to be affecting more of us than we care to admit. With everything going on in the world—news coming at…
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Wonders Unseen and Questions Unanswered There is a peculiar poetry to the unknown, a lyricism that pulses in the spaces where certainty ends and wonder begins. We are, each of us, explorers in the archipelago of the unseen—castaways on islands of knowledge, forever peering into the misty waters that separate the known from the unknowable.…
