Oh how I love the peaceful dawn, Earth around me not yet awake. Birds begin to sing their songs, sun still well below horizon, Hope underway, fears washing away, or not, depends on the day. Opportunities abound for optimism in the early dawn, positive you can stay positive if you work at it, find the …

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Here’s how I end up most days when I have my kids… Short-Order Chef (Cook, Hack, whatever), what’s that? Four different dishes for the four people at the table? Sure, man, SURE… Chief Bottle Washer, which means most all dishes rinsed and in the dish washer (on a good night, otherwise the sink is piled …

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City in the far north of the West Bank, Scenes of repeated violence and long-running misery, suffering, Deviant attitudes on both sides, The Israeli Government, determined to quash Palestinian militancy, The Palestinians, committed and active in violent guerrillera resistance to their Israeli Occupiers, A conflict that has continued for more than three generations, more than …

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Remembering Victoria Amelina, killed in a Russian airstrike in Ukraine. I heard Scott Simon this weekend with an opinion piece… The tragedy itself grabbed me, Her perspective being a writer that had turned to poetry rang true, And as we honor her memory, This is from her poem "About A Crow," translated by Uilleam Blacker: …

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I believe in spirits; there, it’s out there. Say what you will, we all have to find where we land ourselves on this topic. I believe in human souls, I believe in animal spirits, I believe in the Other World, the Everywhere Spirit. And so let that flow, all around me, around us, from before …

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We are all born with certain innate qualities; we all have tendencies, preferences, natural skills, abilities. Also, we can all learn new skills, even if they are not so intuitive, so innate. After decades of work experience, I find myself in such a job, honing skills that have never come easy, never come fast, not …

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Weekly effort, CatchUp. So much in between the last day worked and next, after weekend, long, CatchUp. Settle in after later night, earlier to bed, more sleep, back on track, mind, body, to-do list, CatchUp, GOOD.

Push to the end, one more step, bit, take, Take it to the limit, through the dark and anxiety and mysterious stress, push through, Win it, A bit more, time, sense, Of what’s good, Push to what’s GOOD.

I’m somewhere in between “Don’t Tread On Me” and “…Give Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses…” Can we all still live together in peace? I hope so. Happy Birthday, America. Don’t Tread: https://ultimateflags.com/blog/dont-tread-on-me/ Huddled Masses: https://poets.org/poem/new-colossus

Almost there, near to ten, end of day, striving for 10,000 steps on a day not so active Sunday, Walk the last few steps in and down this little house, Just, Made, It, 9:51pm, GOOD.