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The Upside of the Childhood TV Ban
artist of the word, childhood TV ban, children, Cogito ergo sum, family, friends, grandparents, I think therefore I am, Idiot Box, Je pense donc je suis, Lest we forget, Memorial Day weekend, movies, music, my dad, Netflix, others, reincarnation, Rene Descartes, Scotland, self entertaining, significant, slack-jawed, spouses, survival skills, television, ultimate price, upside, veterans, wordsmithI was driving from here to there the other day with one of my brothers and his close friend and we were discussing books, reading, television and just how we entertain ourselves in general. I realized through the course of the conversation that my father (again) was ahead of his time in realizing the damaging…
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“To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.” -Socrates It’s not about having everything be the way you want it to be; it’s about having a chance to change the way things are. It’s not abut how many people care about you; it’s about listening to the people who tell you the truths you don’t…
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“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only…
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This is a post from my old blog, but one of my favorites. I wrote it in 2012 but it is more relevant every day, as with age comes knowledge. Back when I was a smoker, I would always go outside. Living at my townhouse, I would go out on the patio which faced the…
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Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Mostly Michelle Marie 