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Weeping of Angels
On this auspicious day that our election is
my choice is not this time the chosen one, probably...
What of the suffering of people who are innocent
and what of a nation without compassion?
Who leads my nation I can only pray leads by love
by introspection, and through positive inspiration.
My faith beyond churches or government
beyond politicians ( Read more... ) -
Nani O
Nani O (What now? -Japanese)
With a wealth of knowledge
a world in my mind.
I look, I laugh, I enjoy
the double entendre,
the renaissance of thought meeting creativity.
Older I am than I was
but not as old as tomorrow.
Am I Politically incorrect
or simply under-represented?
A mind of not even my contemporaries
Neither well balanced, nor fair
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Two Twenties Nineteen
This being the 23rd year of the 21st Century, to which my additional six and thirty years of 20th Century experience thereto I may add, I have come across the realization that I, though not willingly so, am of the oldest of my family's lineal generation to guide my family into the future.
My Step Mother, Judith Davies, having lived some four score ( Read more... ) -
100+ things I am grateful for in my mid-age
- Finding my Love and Companion Christine. I am thankful every day. Thank God for my wife. Thank God for my life.
- Having had such positive relationships with my friends and family after great trials and stormy periods. There are maybe years between our communications, but our love prevails.
- Cherishing close family relationships more deeply ( Read more... )
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To wit, to woo, to wit, to woo
As I in varied states do wander
The loss of a mother, a brother, and a father
And now my favorite dog to the great unknown galumphing goes
The irreplaceable Loki his contemporaries awaits in the beyond
For the mind in future shock causing me to falter
Once having flexible fabric and quickly healing resiliency
Does over time give itself to a flaw of ( Read more... ) -
Time by time, a while since I last here did dally and repose in mental soliloquy.
Here I am,
The World spun, and times are a changin'
who would have guessed that now
happy I happy I
and to keep in touch with self in homage
to a past that got me where I am now
I return to note, both
festive and fretting,
hopeful and dreading,
looking back upon half forgotten thoughts,
some valid, some not
but many yet hold an emotional stab
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100+ Great Experiences
Every once in a while it is possible to forget how wonderful we really are and all that we have accomplished. It's too easy to get moody or depressed. So, when that starts to happen I go back to my "100+ Great Experiences" which I update every few years. It's like opening a bottle and reexperiencing those things that make me who I am and why I ( Read more... ) -
Music teachers made a difference in my life.
My Fantastic Music Teacher who changed my life ( Read more... ) -
The Passing of an Age
"To whit to woo, to whit to woo" -from Loves Labors Lost, Opera by the late Prof. Alfred Loefler, CSUC.
Things to be thankful for:
1. health
2. family
3. friends
4. good food
5. a warm home
6. happy pets
7. transportation
8. work
9. music
Things to aim for:
1. harmony
2. balance
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Overcoming Tharn
Tharn: A State of Frozen Immobility due to overwhelming Fear in the face of The Impending Unknown and Possible Destruction
A Term that originated in Richard Adams "Watership Down"
Overcoming Tharn:Programming? Indifferent programmed response ( Read more... )