tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197562202011-04-21T19:40:44.627-05:00a small voice in the meleegingeriversnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19756220.post-37249045694697251782008-12-17T15:57:00.004-05:002008-12-17T16:11:26.370-05:00

Thought for the day on PTSD. When I first began publishing on PTSD, I wish I'd known of this quote. Many will make fun of, misquote, harm those who suffer from this disorder through action and word towards sufferers. My truth just wanted the liberty of saying I have this disorder, please don't misinterpret it. "But such is the irresistable nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is

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It is a cold, late fall day, pre-Thanksgiving. Storms passed through the area and it rained leaves here for a several days. We have worked the last few weekends to get up wood for our stove and leaves from the gutters and yard. The weekend has gone and I am once again alone at home. Today I pulled a book from the thousands inherited from Frank's parents, (they were no great great collectors of

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Christmas, 1986To accept love is not to require or demand of it. Love, in its purest form, is simply given and received.Summer, July 1987Reflections on a relationship that did not reach fruitionWhat have I learned?To move slowlyTo examine deeplyTo search for clarity in my visionTo fill my own voids by standing stillTo let my world, my path unfold before me- not to make themTo not be in charge, in

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Fall has come to North Carolina and it's beautiful, absent the constant bickering and lies thrown from one candidate and political party to another, with the American people caught in the crossfire.Fall is flounder, drum and trout season on the NC Outer Banks. Wind, weather, current and temperature all factor in the catch, or lack of it. Cape Lookout National Seashore is full of fishermen, men

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Randomly searching Ebay for poetry books, I came across and ordered a volume of Ice-Floe: International Poetry of the Far North.Researching further, I became excited and intrigued by these sets of poetry, which I hope to collect and read in their entirety. Co edited by Shannon Gramse and Sarah Kirk, their selections offer "particular focus on indigenous languages and literature". The inaugural

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I woke up this morning elated that Iowans' "Just Said No" to John Edwards. Googling the phrase that had come into my head, I found that he had a "just say no" campaign directed at voters against Washington lobbyists. I kid you not, I had never heard of this, unless maybe I saw or read some obscure sound bite somewhere containing this phrase and thought of it, guessed it to be in relation to him.

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The consummate politician, slick and polished in presentation, stiff-haired and rich ‘champion’ of the poor, John Edwards is running his campaign in Iowa, a campaign that hasn’t ended since it first began in 2004, a campaign that most feel will never end. He has enlisted every cause he can dream up to support his position as the messenger of hope, including beginning his campaign in the Ninth

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in the coldthe trees split and surrendered their limbsfrom the base that divided them as they grew.The sound traveled deep cracks within the mountain,and the trestle did not sing.A song of mourning broke across the back of the river,a double digit wooden split. It began at root and ranthe distance to the sky. The stone did not speak of hardness,as has been said, nor echo the voice of the wren.It

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Post removed Tuesday November 18, 2008, with hope, faith and out of courtesy.

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Ever wonder about your ancestry? Many adopted people have no idea about their own heritage, and I am one of them. Perhaps that is why I've struggled for years to find a sense of identity, needing the question of who am I and where do I fit in answered. This need is a basic human need, one that affects us all.How would you respond to someone who was struggling with issues of identity and

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This post is serious, and regards an issue that deserves much more than the ill hand it has received across national media and local press, where hardly a (make that no) mention is made of it. This time of year folks think of Thanksgiving as a time to be off work, to gather together with family, to have a good meal, maybe watch a few ballgames. There are the traditional parades, food, and always

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under a gray November sky, rhythms that echo the footfalls of ancient man in the America's greet the morning. At one with the drumming and voices raised in praise, in the wooded area behind our house, small birds gather in the ivy and add their voices.Praise be to the father for this earth that sustains us.

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"The Most Important Gift Catalog In The World" came to our house this week, from Heifer International. Yeah, right, I thought! But sure enough, it lived up to its billing. I was amazed as I turned from page to page. Heifer International brings hope and a means of sustenance and income to families with little hope throughout the world, including those in need in the United States. Yes, people live

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Thanksgiving is about a month away- a time of feasting in America. Yet there are those to who hunger and poverty is an everyday occurrence. This program is designed to help alleviate both in our indigenous population. I hope you will take a minute and consider how you can help.The Adopt-A Native-Elder Program exists to create a bridge of hope between Native Americans and other cultures. It allows

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begins this Thursday October 5th and ends late Sunday October 8th. If you love early fall and the outdoors, great music, dance, and friendly company, it's the place to be this weekend. The festival is located in Silk Hope NC, just a short drive from Pittsboro.Shakori Hills is a turn-of-the-century 75 acre farmstead located in the heart of Chatham County, 20 minutes from Chapel Hill. In 2002, two

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Fall cleanup om the Mayo, a part of Rockingham County Big Sweep, was organized by Doug Shumate of Troublesome Creek Outfitters. Seventeen people assisted and twenty seven bags of garbage were collected from the riverbanks, roadside area and beach. The area is clean for the first time in quite awhile. Thanks are extended to Doug, and to all who participated. The littering, heavy drinking and

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Yes, the golden boy of Greensboro blogging is at it again. Another fine example of building community with blogs and responsible blogging, just and fair. Billy posted the coments below at Alan Jenkins Blog, doing exactly what he accuses Jenkins of doing- taking his statements out of context. Billy's comments to Jenkins are excerpted from Jenkin's site.Billy writes, after reading this on Jenkin's

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Allen Jenkins writes about blogging and ethics at his blog, Desirable Roasted Coffee and explores the dark side of blogging. And, speaking of the dark side, Billy the Blogging Poet has accused someone else, again, of something else, in this instance Allen- of pilfering his material and analogies, though Billy has trouble spelling the word.Allen's essay on Ethics in Blogging is worth reading:

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was 110 pounds of matted fur and dirt, a golden retriever that could barely walk when she was dropped off on our cul-de-sac a few years ago by her owner. I saw her and my heart went out to her. I think God brought her into our lives, maybe through an owner who knew we would care for her and realized he couldn't. We brought her home and bathed her that first night. It hurt her to be lifted into

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Reading at Sue's Place the other day I came across her "Is It a Scoop Post". She writes about all the behind the scenes maneuvering (via email between she and Ed Cone) that brings Elizabeth Edwards to Greensboro for the Converge South non-conference, the conference that isn't a conference. Which brought to mind the image of building community, and then blogging building community. It's been noted

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It's 5 am and the songs are rolling, George Harrison mixes with thoughts of figs and preserves. Best songwriter the Beatles ever had.

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is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own

gingeriversnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19756220.post-1151153868408341332006-06-24T06:42:00.000-05:002006-06-24T07:57:48.476-05:00

that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. Harper LeeSource: Bartleby Quotations

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guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.Ann RandSource: Quoteland

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are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein

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is trashed completely. It will take years and years of no abuse to clean it up. I can't sit in that beautiful spot and understand why. I will never be able to. Why is recreation not valued in Rockingham County? What is it about the most beautiful places, why aren't they cared for? Why don't the people who use the area care? What about the boaters, kayakers? Why aren't there more complaints? Why

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Well, it's business as usual at the Mayo River. No patrols of the area yesterday that anyone saw. Open public drunkenness, serious drinking and driving, people all over the place, breaking bottles where people swim and walk, graffiti all over the rocks, trees burnt, trash strewn, boaters and a few families trying to have a recreational outing amidst it all. Think any of those people called to

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despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence toa six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.Author UnknownSource: River Quotes and Web LinksI realized this morning I haven't been as diligent as I should attributing source as I've posted quotes, at least in terms of where I found the quote listed. To any who have not been

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the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they go, they die, the voyage flows on forever. We are all canyoneers. We are all passengers on this little mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call the earth. Joy, shipmates, joy.Edward AbbeySource: River Quotes and Web Links

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of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.Katharine MansfieldSource: Wisdom Quotes

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want sets a limit to waste.Latin Proverb

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like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope. Leigh HuntSource: Wisdom Quotes

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has just celebrated 18 months clean and had his "birthday" with his NA group last night. While cleaning the house this morning I found his birthday cards in the bathroom, went to the living room, and sat down in the recliner to read them. The many messages inside were full of good wishes, hope, inspiration, requests from others for help to make it through. The support was heartfelt and real. One

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has written aboutMastectomies and Insurance Industry Influence Over Hospitalization Times. He asks that you read and sign the Breast Cancer Mastectomy Cancer Pledge in support of women who undego this procedure so their doctors, not the insurance companies, decide how long they need to be hospitalized for the same.Way to go, Ron! Please pass this around and link to Ron's site for more information.

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the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?Gloria SteinemSource: Wisdom Quotes

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is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.Archibald MacleishSource: Wisdom Quotes

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are the party of government activism, the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller, and get the chickweed out of your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then get elected and prove it.P. J. O'RourkeSource: Wisdom Quotes

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to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.Mohandas K. GandhiSource: Wisdom Quotes

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every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.George SantayanaSource: Wisdom Quotes

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Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.Marian Wright EdelmanSource: Wisdom Quotes

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To the person who called our house last evening but couldn't speak clearly enough to leave a message:Please call back tomorrow. When someone answers say something intelligent and discernable.

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Who is the demagoge of Greensboro blogging?Hint: You'll have to look elsewhere.

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First love oftencomes unbidden,the innocenceof discoveryopen.

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I've come to the conclusion that it's hard to educate the highly opinionated, or the misinformed.

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President Bush's immigration plan makes a lot of sense. Conserative Republican's react

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Billy's back at it again.I make a comment on his blog after he starts bashing Bush again, and volia, I'm banned. I'm not a huge Bush fan and I'm not a Republican, but I get tired of the political bashing from both sides. Read through his constant barrage against the Republician's, if you can stomach the sensationalism. But don't comment, or even kid. The boy's got his finger on that banned button

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If you're going to have a blog and accept comments, you ought to be able to take a little gentle prodding. I began, after scanning through Lyricist Wednesday, by commenting "Advocating violence isn’t cool Sean, shame on you."Then I asked for an opinion of Farkahanan. Why? Because he was the one part of this post was attributed to. As the comment post progressed, I was banned. And because I'm

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January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968Martin Luther King Jr. died on April 4, 1968. Wikipedia has one of the most extensive collections of information ever amassed on his life. It is well worth reading as we honor today both his life and the freedoms he fought for. Excerpts:Civil Right Activism"King organized and led marches for blacks' right to vote, desegregation, labor rights and other basic civil

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The first poetry chapbook by author Ginger Bush, Channeling Dreams, is now available from East House Press. A donation of $2.00 will be made to the Homeless Coalition of Guilford County for each copy purchased. The first edition is limited, and copies are signed by the author.To purchase, use the Pay Pal link on the left or send $9.95, check or money order only, to East House Press, PO Box 337,

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April is National Poetry Month, and the Greensboro library is once again promoting the event through Poetry GSO Poetry, Jazz and JavaCoffee houses around town are hosting poets and musicians for your enjoyment - Co-sponsored by the Writers' Group of the Triad and the Greensboro Public Library.Monday, February 13, 2006, 7 pmStarbucks Coffee Company ~ Quaker Village Love Poems - Hear it here.

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NestingThe noise of noisehad reached a crescendowhen the quiet of peace and faithsetteled the evening’s discontent.And in the morning, birds.beautiful birds with the voice of springshared their joy with us in the sunshine of a new day.They share their plumage, the red head of the woodpecker,the soft body of the dove,the flights of joy from our trees and porches,nesting.

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Move.Yeah, like that.No, don't say this.Say that.See her over there?Yeah, do this.No, not like that.No, try another frame.Damn, we can't sell that lie.But we can try.Let's make out like she said thiswhen really she meant that.Let's try again.Damn, that didn't work either.Well, maybe we can saythis.No that.Damn, the camera won't work.Damn.Where's the microphone?Mitochondria, did you say?No, damn

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The tensile strength of a fluid object is directly related to value: the color of sandthe extended hand, quartz and patience.

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I have no training as a journalist, though I love to write. Today the issue of plagiarism was discussed on other blogs, and I have made mistakes in the way I have documented sources. To just acknowledge that text is from other sources isn't enough. To stand clear one needs to use certain forms, and they include:"If it's a quote, use quotation marks. If it's a long quote, set it apart by using

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This is satire, strictly. I am so frustrated with the situation at the Mayo River that this audio blog was made to release that frustration. I never speak like I do in this post, it is made strictly to reflect the attitude of some in that area. This is their story, told by someone who views it from the outside.Title, post and audioblog copyright by Ginger Bush 2006

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I first viewed the work of American sculptor Alexander Calder in Denmark in 1994, at a museum north of Kobenhaven on the Kattegat Sea. The exhibition housed some of Calder's largest mobile sculptures, monumental in scale. I was amazed by his work, by the delicate balances he achieved; the slightest movement of air could set whole sculptures in motion. Alexander Calder revolutionized the art of

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Watched a few old movies today- my favorite was the Quiet Man with Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne. Great movie, loved it. My kids are Irish, and for all I know, I may be too.Also watched the Courage of Lassie with Elizabeth Taylor. Loved that one also. They don't make movies like they used to. Good Lord, I sound like my parents, but there's a lot to be said for those times and studios.

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The intensity of small minds gatheredat the crossroads of the unknownis matched only bytheir ignorance,the fundamentalists rant;the cosmos holds the answer-evolution or creation?Physicists only dream,science always changes.

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I'm not much of a celebrity junkie, though I occasionaly pick up those magazines and read out of curosity. There are favorites, and they includeBruce Willis, whose birthday is today, and whom, surely, is celebrating it with his daughters. He's an amazing actor and seems to be a wonderful person as well.There are others I also admire:Angelina Jolie- In spite of all the jokes at her expense, she's

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I'm experimenting with short forms, and most I've found are Japanese. The small drop, water,falls from a foreshortened skyas the garden drinks.Green leaves, shells of seedsand rivers of soil tricklebetween shallow rows.The bees wait, quiet.Wings, and the testimony of pollen meets saffron form.Thanks to writing.com for the inspiration.

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Echo the viewof water cast liquid,image a drop of sky.

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Echo the view of watercast liquid, imagea drop of sky, lea of green.

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Butterfly chase, bumblebeesounding, small wings knowthese intimate surroundings.Watched the bees in the wild and gone to seed flowering of mustard greens in the garden after planting. Then, a small and perfect shower, as I was thinking of needing to water plants this evening.

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what a beautiful, extraordinarily warm and fine March spring day. It's warm here, I mean warm, little breeze, trees are in bloom, the bees are going nuts gathering pollen and I, in a few minutes, am going to the garden. Cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage are going to be digging their sweet roots into the soil in about an hour, and lettuce and radish will be germinating from seed. The carrots I

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A quiet afternoon. The weather is not bad, a little cold but that's ok. Garden work needs to be done, the steps at the river need to be shoveled out where the bank is forming again, and the vandalism fixed- new boards on the fence.I wonder if any of the forsythia I planted there made it through the year. We don't go up there much- too rough for me. I do enjoy the time I spend in the beauty and

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Welcome to the Tar Heel Tavern. Come in, put your barn boots to the side, dust the garden dirt off your clothes, and have some breakfast on the house this chilly spring morning. The theme for this weeks Tavern is grace, and I think you'll find some wonderful reading within.Nan, of Moonmeadow Farm reflects the theme of grace chosen for this weeks Tavern well, and her blog has a delightful,

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Ebay has some of the most interesting poetry books for sale. I just bought one called Songs From the Slums by Kagawa. It is a small book, translated from the Japanese, blue bound without a copyright date. However, an inscription inside dates it at least to 1936.The forward notes that Toyohiko Kagawa wrote these poems when he was a comsumptive boy living in the slums of Japan. Surrounded by

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When he came round to checkthe clock was broken butthe big hand borrowed anote for repair.

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He posited the ideaas if he knew the differencebetween truth and a lie.

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to the Tar Heel Tavern by 9pm tonight and I'll have them posted by Sunday Morning.The theme chosen for this weeks Tar Heel Tavern is grace. How do you define grace? Where do you find it? What, or whom, have you seen it in? This tavern will focus on grace, on these questions. Write a poem, a short essay, send in a photograph with a caption~ whatever you choose. Post your entry on your blog.

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The first poetry chapbook by author Ginger Bush, Channeling Dreams, is now available from East House Press. A donation of $2.00 will be made to the Homeless Coalition of Guilford County for each copy purchased. The first edition is limited, and copies are signed by the author.To purchase, use the Pay Pal link on the left or send $9.95, check or money order only, to East House Press, PO Box 337,

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I loved the idea of this exercise when I found it a few nights ago reading poetry and wishing my muse would find her voice. I'd been editing poems that really needed the work but that’s tiring and tedious. So here's something to get those creative juices flowing.Ever written a poem when you weren't sure of the meaning of a word? Poetry is an odd thing and I think one must be very accomplished,

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"The irony of the information age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion" ~ Reporter John Lawton to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists, 1995My husband walked into the room as I was reading blogs this morning, took a seat behind me and as I turned to ask him what he was thinking said: "You know what this reminds me of?" "What?" I responded. "Blogs," he said.I

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In the cold January light I see them now where my eyes rarely looked before, preferring my warm soft bed and home to the cold realities of life without these luxuries, ignoring the sadness and pain preferable to immersion in it. In the parking lot of a Home Depot the car is parked, window broken like a wound opened, tattered blanket in the back, trash strewn 'round. Grocery carts lay empty after

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Help make a difference.The http://www.hpcgc.org/">Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County is a diverse community based coalition working to end homelessness in our community. HPCGC Meets on a monthly basis on second Thursdays. The next meeting will be held Date: March 9Time: 9:15 a.m.Place: Jamestown Presbyterian Church, 1804 Guilford College Rd., Jamestown, NCIndividual dues are only

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Dad fought in Italy with the 91'st Infantry Division in WW2, and these are among the few pictures I have from that time. The quality of these remaining photos is poor, but show what winters were like where he was stationed. The picture of tents in snow gives an idea of what conditions were like in the field. If you look closely you can see the red cross symbol on the side of one of the

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Courtesy of MSN Encarta, a little trivia about Presidents. In warm weather, 6th president of the United States John Quincy Adams customarily went skinny-dipping in the Potomac River before dawn.Good for him!Military leader and 34th president of the U.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower loved to cook; he developed a recipe for vegetable soup that is 894 words long and includes the stems of nasturtium flowers

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Pennsylvania is beautiful in the woodlands, dressed in several feet of snow. We ventured out yesterday, to a park about 40 minutes away from the hotel where we are staying. We skied part of the Elephant Trail, starting in an area where a snowmobile had gone in for about a quarter mile. After that Frank forged ahead and broke trail, pushing his way through snow that came up to his knees and sank

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Spirit flies, above words and bonds and boundsand beautiful earth,unseen distances,passing on to brighter tomorrow's.We are souls left, brimmingfull with what was imparted.May your new journey be filled with the hope and joy of discovery,with absence of the weight of human lifeand find, as your spirit coalesces,breaching time and all distances,light and the arms of God.

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Erin Monahan often hosts Poetry Carnival. When reading Triad Blogs I saw where Dan Weasel was hosting the next one. As it's on dissent, I ran off and joined the circus, entering Ode to A Meme and the following poem, Liberty. I've also requested hosting the next carnival. Liberty is for the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense Leauge, written when media reported they felt there was a possibility thay

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You splatter truth like blood, your lies washing against the walls of my life,gaining momentum. This destructive tideoverwhelms any possibility of truthcoloring a world, my world once innocent, gray- the dishwater of your imagination spread like fecund water stagnant; a stinking fecal retch of ideasoverflowing into my mind. To then go forth, and claim a bloated, twisted, disingenuouslie of a

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is falling to beat the band in Pennsylvania. Must be about four inches on the ground so far. Beautiful, peaceful and quiet here. We're tucked in and watching the Olympics, after dinner at a friends home. Tomorrow we'll go cross country sking, either at the Lehigh Gorge or maybe the Deleware River NRA. We always over-do it and ski for hours- and when we return I'll feel like I've been beaten. But

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The first poetry chapbook by author Ginger Bush, Channeling Dreams, is now available from East House Press. The first edition is limited, and copies are signed by the author.Excerpt:Snow's HarvestIn the picture, her head is in his lap,her hair spills where his legs cradle.He is absent, yet present in languid largesse.The veined patchwork of her hand, quiet ovaltips of fingers meet cotton and

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In the face of the many difficulties that were a part of the life of Coretta Scott King, her bearing and dignity was truly remarkable. I celebrate her life and mourn her passing.Maya Angelou said it best:Poet Maya Angelou: “It’s a bleak morning for me and for many people and yet it’s a great morning because we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was. It’s bleak because I

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I was aware of the organizations Doctors Without Borders and Operation Smiles, but this has just come across my horizon and I wanted to share it. What a wonderful mission!You must visit Scott Harrison's On a Mercy Ship- Notes From West Africa. Really, do it now.Logo courtesy of Mercy Ships

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If you've been reading here you already know that, for most of his life, my father managed the Ice Delivery Company in Greensboro, North Carolina. For those of you who have just tuned in, I've begun writing about my childhood, and this post is a composite of my memories of my father's work environment and our lives in Greensboro in the 1950's.Dad rarely had a day off so there were lots of trips

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are a visual record of our lives, one of our connections to who we were, and are.I was quiet and shy around strangers, but loved to be outdoors. I became a tomboy who loved to swim and explore the wooded areas, lakes and fields around our home. We lived in a quiet neighborhood and all the families there were close. I loved to read, something my father encouraged through the gift of books as I

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Cynthia Rice is a dark skinned woman with a bright smile and wavy hair who is facing the fight of her life. Her advesary is cancer. I met Cynthia traveling from Greensboro, North Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the Amtrack train. Cynthia is from Charlotte, North Carolina. She has breast cancer that has spread to her lymph nodes. She will be moving to Philadelaphia in hopes of obtaining

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puppet=me

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The Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program exists to create a bridge of hope between Native Americans and other cultures. It allows us to reach out to one another, share our gifts, and mend the broken circle of our relationship with the Land and the Native Americans who hold it in sacred trust. The Program supports the traditional Elders who live in the cultural and spiritual traditions of The Dine' People

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*Images Courtesy of Kiva's American Indian Symbol Dictionary and freeware sources

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"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words --Philip K. Dick ~ when taken with this"There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact."--Mark Twain

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It's a wonderful morning, crisp and clear, a little cold. Here's a little somethnig to ponder with your morning coffee~Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. Or perhapsFiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.Mark Twain

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As the war in Iraq drones on and the thought of nuclear war rears its ugly head in Iran and Korea, Bob Dylan’s A Hard Rain’s Gonna’ Fall reminds me of the concerns of the sixties and early seventies, the Vietnam War, the image of nuclear rain with its fallout and sickness. And I can't help but wonder why the world seems bent on destroying itself.As I watch and read the news and listen to the

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Well, according to my clock it's Tuesday, but according to this timestamp it's still Monday. I'm too tired to argue about it. I'm off to bed, goodnight~

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