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In a post completely unrelated to those before, I felt compelled to write here about something I touched on a couple months ago, namely how people as they grow older often change in ways they don’t expect, and how a lack of hope does not mean utter hopelessness. Like many people, I’ve faced a good [...]

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I recently read a blog post about the uncertainty of life, how we change as an individual over time, and how it’s important to live in the moment. I left a reply, which included the thought that sometimes realizing we’ve changed over time isn’t nearly as bad as realizing that we haven’t changed enough. In [...]

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I am going away on business for a few weeks but wanted to post before I left. Now then, this is still a fresh and highly contentious subject so please navigate away from this page after the following paragraph if it is too sensitive a subject for you. My thoughts are often … unconventional … [...]

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At a young age I was bitten by the writing bug. I clearly remember writing poetry at the age of nine (none if it good, of course) and it’s only gotten worse ever since. In high school I wrote (bad) poetry and knocked out rough drafts of two (bad) novellas. In college it was myriad [...]

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I’m going to come right out and admit that I was an avid fan of Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. (I won’t feel too bad if you’ve never heard of them; it’s been roughly a decade and a half since they first appeared on our small TV screen late one night and [...]

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The media splashes violent scenes of people being beaten and a young woman dying in the street and calls it news. It’s sensationalism, but I suppose that’s what it takes to get our attention any more. If you’ve watched a news program at all in the last week or so you’ve probably seen some of [...]

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Before I leave yet again, on yet another trip to last at least two weeks, I thought I would share some thoughts on the most recent addition to my reading materials. Very few people haven’t heard of S. E. Hinton, a young adult genre author who makes the required reading list in most if not [...]

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Tagged!

I’ve been tagged by Lofter of Life At the Foot of the Stairs to participate in a meme. The rules: 1.  On your blog, post the Rules and 10 things you have HOPE for in your life. 2.  LINK Tag 5 people (we want hope to spread to people!) and LINK the person who tagged you. [...]

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I am a romantic, totally and hopelessly.  I admit it.  If there existed meetings of Hopeless Romantics Anonymous, I’d probably go, because though I know I am one, I often think I’d be better off cured, on the wagon, climbing those twelve steps to “recovery.”  Is there a patch, I wonder?  But then I think the cure [...]

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