January 2021
63 articles published this month.
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Postscript
From Shirley Jackson – l
Sometimes a curt reply does the trick. Some examples from LettersofNote.com: From Shirley Jackson – letter to a disappointed reader, July 24, 1953 From Attorney General Bill Baxley – letter to a white…
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Notes From My Journal
I’m doing a final revision of my fourth book of poetry…
I’m doing a final revision of my fourth book of poetry… I’m doing a final revision of my fourth book of poetry. It’s called Now and Then: New and Improved Poems. I am happy with the title. Is it snarky? I’m…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
Passing the Pink House in Winter
With Unmitigated Joy What I loved about you then was your profile – how you were always looking out into some middle distance. When I would speak to you it was difficult to know if you were even listening. It…
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Worth Considering
Ben Shapiro Misses The Point On "A-Women" Prayer
I had a good laugh watching this video of Ben Shapiro’s reaction to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) politically correct prayer at the opening of the 1st session of the 117th Congress on Sunday. In case you missed…
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Notes From My Journal
Building A Tiki Hut At Paradise Palms
The Tiki hut went up today at Paradise Palms. It’s going to serve as a rest area and wet bar for visitors to our gardens when we open later this year. Structures like these have been built by the Seminole…
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
The Gap Between Wanting And Becoming A Writer
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar Becoming and Being “If you want to be a writer, you have to write. A writer is someone who…
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Asian Dance Troupe's Surprising Riverdance Reimagining
There are many impressive styles of Asian Dance, but I bet you’ve never seen an Asian troupe take on the Irish River Dance.
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From My Work-in-Progress Basket
Stock Investing: The 4 Key Metrics I Look at for Future Gains
“An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.” – Edward de Bono Stock Investing: The 4 Key Metrics I Look at…
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Revisit Your Favorite Music From Any Year
Here’s a fun app if you want to musically relive your glory days. Just put in the year of your choice and enjoy...
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Worth Reading
Piranesi
Piranesi By Susanna Clarke 272 pages Published September 15, 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing I was surprised by how much I liked Piranesi, considering that it is a genre book, fantasy fiction, which I rarely…
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Worth Watching
The Queen’s Gambit and Searching for Bobby Fischer
The Queen’s Gambit is a 7-part Netflix series about a young girl (Beth Harmon) that becomes a chess prodigy, a grandmaster, and eventually a world champion, beating the invincible Russian master. Led by a…
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Notes From My Journal
Happy New Year!
Here are ten of my favorite New Year quotations that might inspire you: I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” Thomas Jefferson “Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page…
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Learning From Past Mistakes To Build Better Habits
At the end of the old year/ beginning of the new year, I usually write about my goal-accomplishment strategies. This year, I’m working on an essay that expresses the mistakes I’ve made in the past and some…
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