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The Deer
Two days ago, I wrote a poem. That shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, seeing as I have been writing poetry for almost forty years. And yet it was a shock to my own person. And that statement begs … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, altered world, deer in headlights, male-dominated society, Nassar, old behavior, receding, silence, triggers
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Creativity Challenge Day 33
Creativity Challenge 33 The Challenge here is to use your creative talent to bring light into the current distress in the world around you, in whatever form that talent takes. Please remember that we are reaching out to a world … Continue reading
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Tagged all persons, Creativity Challenge, everyone, feelings, protest, public, public response, silence, thoughts
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Creativity Challenge Day 10
Creativity Challenge 10 The Challenge here is to use your creative talent to bring light into the current distress in the world around you, in whatever form that talent takes. Please remember that we are reaching out to a world … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity Challenge, silence, speak, suppression, to be heard, value, voice
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NaPoWriMo Day 1
For Day !: April 1, 2016 I thought it would be appropriate to begin with poems about breaking silence. The words are: sound, silence, break, proclaim, admit, begin (yes, I know I said three, but I want to give you … Continue reading
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Tagged admit, begin, break, NaPoWriMo, poem a day, proclaim, prompt, silence, sound
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Journey Stone #11
Journey Stone #11 Silence Once an enemy, I used to fear the absence of sound was really the absence of life. Now a friend I seek, it comes to help me sort this from that. Elizabeth Crawford 2/11/11
A Few Negatives in The 101
Number eight on my 101 list of things about me states that I am opinionated. So far, I have kept my list on the positive side of things, or at least attempted to do that. Today, I’m going to … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 course, childhood sexual abuse, color pink, crazymakers, discomfort, elephant in living rooms, finding reasons, fish fry, Fishing, intimidated, jargon, Journal Writing, knowledgeable, meat of topic, negative judgment, negatives, number 8, perch, positive, prove support, proving the opposite, punishment of victim, raise the hackles, refuse to confront, responsibility, silence, stereotypical generalities, stupidity and ignorance, threatened independence, vulnerability, witticism, wounding burden
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About Heart Day
It’s Valentine’s Day, today. As if anyone needs to be reminded. One can’t step inside a store without being hit with the colors pink, red, and white. I think there are two things I appreciate about Valentine’s Day. Those … Continue reading
Posted in About Heart Day, Valentine's Day
Tagged alone, bah-humbug, better world, biggest sale, cellophane, chocolate, Choice, companionship, constancy, continuity, depression, enduring over time, gratitude, insecurity, joke, judgments, just one piece, lack of knowing, last minute grab, not a fan, obligation, over sized cards, pink, rankles, red, silence, sour grapes, syrupy poetry, teddy bear, Valentine's Day, wearing love, white, writing
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Carved In Stone
Funny how the things we know about ourselves, and are conscious of all the time, are the most difficult to put into written words. ___Stan This quote was left as a comment on my last blog. And I agree with … Continue reading
Posted in Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized
Tagged "Don't do it", accountable, besmirchment, carved in stone, committment, difficult, experimentation, exploration, fear, glitches, name as definition, obligatory relationship, power, silence, socialization process, words as weapons, words have power, written words
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