of three faith traditions… “The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.” Kate McGahan There was a rare event that occurred, so unusual that it only happens once every 33 years. That event was the convergence of (western) Easter, Passover, and Ramadan. The Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate Easter […]
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to decorating cookies… “Cookies are made with butter and love.” — Norwegian proverb When you go to a bakery, you’re going to see lots and lots of decorated cutout cookies. And, sure enough, they all look alike! But… is it necessary to decorate all of your cookies so that they are clones of each other?
lucky losers listen longingly… Late on a long day, I look at a mixed media picture that I made a few days ago. I started off with a shape and I let the image grow until it turned into something. It became something unplanned and different than the original image that I had in mind.
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is it a sustainable career? I studied journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, a few lifetimes ago. If I were to be asked the question, “would you do it over again?” I would probably say no. When I graduated from journalism school (fondly called J-school), newspapers across the United States were closing
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“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau What kind of dessert would you imagine a bear would eat if the bear were to wander into a city? I’m going to find out by going on a whimsical trip via an acrostic poem. This form of poem uses all of the
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Budapest: According to the website, “33 Travel Tips,” Budapest is a beautiful city. It has many great historic structures, including an absolutely gorgeous Parliament building, the Hungarian State Opera House, the Hungarian National Museum, and Buda Castle (originally built in 1265!!!). If you want to have an unusual method of transportation, there’s the Buda Castle
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of Niagara Falls and the daredevils that challenged it. “And after all, what’s the point of being Daredevil if you can’t leap before you look?” Charles Soule, Daredevil: Back in Black, Volume 1: Chinatown As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Niagara Falls attracts people from all over the world to view it, both
A grook is is a poem that is aphoristic in nature. It is short and it has a rhyme scheme. An aphorism is a pithy statement, such as “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” If I were to break a lawI’d like it to be the law of gravityBeing earthbound has to be some