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Archive August 2020 Critical Thinking Joseph D. Clark Philosophy

The Perils of Certainty

Check out or shop! The Perils of Certainty By Joe Clark I consider myself a patient person, with a very calm temperament. No, I’m only kidding. I’m a hot mess with a short fuse. I make mountains out of mole hills, as the saying goes. I really don’t feel like I’m all that good at […]

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Acceptance Aging Archive August 2020 Jeanette Messano Love

Night Shift

Check out our shop! Night Shift Night shift in a nursing facility is quiet…sort of. But not completely. Many residents are awake all night, and many more intermittently through the night. Interesting and philosophical conversations occur in the small hours while most people are asleep. A new and profound understanding of life is found when […]

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August 2020 Black Lives Matter Covid-19 Deborah Westervelt Detention Camps Social Events Writer

Drought of the Heart

It was the 80’s. No internet. No cellphones.  A $5,000 credit card limit spelled FREEDOM! 

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Angie Watson Archive Communities July 2020 Siân Cross Special Needs Writer

June Voice Sign

These are Sian Cross’ words and what her song Stare At Me is all about – looking deeper. In these days where we have such great knowledge and technological advancement, it is surprising how much social grace we still need to learn. It runs deeper than just the color of our skin.

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Archive Black Lives Matter Covid-19 Deborah Westervelt Detention Camps July 2020 Social Events Writer

Change

Change Welcome every guest, No matter how grotesque. Be as hospitable to calamity as to ecstasy, To anxiety as to tranquility, Today’s misery sweeps your home clean, Making way for tomorrow’s felicity. Rumi At home Sue and I often sit in our backyard.  It’s become a place of solace during the months of pandemic.  Like […]

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Archive Communities Jeanette Messano July 2020 Survivors

I Want to Talk to You

I Want To Talk To You Alexis and her mother, Angie, are some of the strongest, most resilient warriors you will ever meet.  They are an amazing team, putting heart and soul into everything they do. Together they have moved mountains. Alexis was born with a rare syndrome. A syndrome so rare that is named […]

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Archive Jeanette Messano July 2020 Meditation Mother Earth

Reader Submitted Poetry

Reader Submitted Poetry Note to Self: Learning from Nature Written by Elysa Skalsky let truth come through no need to judge it it doesn’t need to be anything but what it is a tree intrinsically knows it is growing into a tree, doesn’t judge or envy a rose, it just grows if it has the […]

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Archive From the Office Jeanette Messano July 2020

From the Office, With Love

From the Office, With Love. Welcome all you beautiful people! I am the facilitator of this newly minted website you currently have open on your screen. Thank you for giving my first “publication” a bit of time out of your busy day. I have wanted for many years to communicate with the world through stories, […]

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7 Questions 7 Minutes Archive July 2020 Peggy Carey Writer

7 Questions in 7 Minutes

My first victim is Jeanette Messano, the brilliant mind that came up with the idea of Mind Travelers! Who better to grill than the boss? Jeanette lives in Montrose and has two children. She is an artist and entrepreneur. I am happy she thought of me when she came up with this project.