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Category: culture
#Afghanistan
The Taliban militias are over-running Afghanistan as the US military draws down. The people of that country deserve better. "We don't count because we're from Afghanistan. We'll die slowly in history" Tears of a hopeless Afghan girl whose future is getting shattered as the Taliban advance in the country. @AlinejadMasih @FForotan
Lyrics Post: “Xanadu”
Plain and simple? Let’s RUSH. Together. I wouldn’t want to go alone. But together? YES. It’s been four years. Let’s go again. To Xanadu. "Xanadu" 'To seek the sacred river AlphTo walk the caves of iceTo break my fast on honeydewAnd drink the milk of Paradise...' I had heard the whispered tales of immortalityThe deepest …
New Shiny Things
Kids love new, shiny things. Maybe we all do. And treasure boxes; treasure boxes to tuck away all those new, shiny things; they become less shiny with time; then they become treasures. Under the bed, in the nightstand, into the closet, up in the rafters the treasures go. Hold on for years, decades. Magic to …
Ignatius
Ignatius of Loyola, 31 July, the feast day, the day the Catholic Church celebrates this man’s life. From the 1500’s. Solider become man of the cloth, founder, believer, a person that turned to faith, turned to God. What lessons? One primary mantra, “…to the greater glory of God…”, A simple commitment, a life of self-reflection …
Lyrics Post: “American Idiot”
I can’t believe it’s been nearly 20 years since this song, this album, came I tot the world. Somehow it seems more relevant and urgent today than 2004 when it came into the world. Listen up. Don’t be an American Idiot. "American Idiot" Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't want a nation under the …
Day to Day With Little Kids
Socks everywhere. Errant plates and cups. Facial tissues. Stuffed animals. Hair ties. Lots of “No’s”, lots of lean-in hugs, Lots of love. Lots of LOVE.
Up and Down
Master the skill, up and down. On the golf course, up and down on the green means getting there and sinking the putt in short order. Maybe it’s similar in life, up and down. Each day, get up and get your work done; pursue the goals of your life, the goals of the day. Whatever …
Lyrics Post: “Desire”
This one, burns strong, forever low simmer, since I heard it the first time. Speaks to part of my mind-set of late…awhile…searching, waiting, wanting, hmm… …Stay patient. Lover, I'm on the streetGonna go where the bright lights And the big city meetWith a red guitar...on fireDesire She's a candle burning in my roomYeah I'm like the …
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