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Books I’ve Read During the Pandemic of 2020
When the shutdown started back in the early spring I decided to make good use of the time during the shutdown with the pandemic. The following are the books that I have read or I am currently reading now. To get more information about the book click on the Author’s Name. The link will take…
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Some Random Thoughts
You may have noticed that my posts have been intermittent. First when I don’t have a subject I do not write. Also, I have been doing quite a bit of reading. The list of books I have read mostly deal with one subject matter, the man in the White House. I have gone back to…
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It Couldn’t Get Any Worse, Can It?
“I don’t believe that this infection really is being transmitted in waves. It’s more like a coronavirus forest fire where in fact, it just burns, burns and burns. But then as soon as you let up the break, then it all comes back again.”CBS News, Oct 13, 2020 As I listened to the Global National…
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Re-blog of My Code Of Honor
We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor. Robert E. LeeRead more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/honor-quotes ***There have been many new readers since I first wrote this post. So, I decided to re-blog it.***…
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Thanksgiving 2020
“Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.”– Catherine Pulsifer It’s Thanksgiving time here in Canada, Monday October 14. I cannot help but think that this Thanksgiving may be somewhat bitter. It will be about who is not at the…
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Nominated For Outstanding Blogger Award Tag
Nominated by https://mentalhealth360.uk/ I would like to say thank you to Mental Health 360. I truly appreciate being nominated. Questions: When was the last time you had a really good belly laugh and who were you with? It was with my best friend playing a game of Cribbage. He was joking around that he needed…
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October 2, 2020 – President, First Lady Tested Positive, Now In Quarantine
Just as I was about to turn out the lights, shut off the t.v., around 11 – 11:30 p.m. the news came across with multiple news outlets announced the President and First Lady have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. Earlier today it was announced that Presidential aide, Hope Hicks, also tested positive. She was…
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Sticks and Stones…?
“As human beings, we are far too broad to be boxed into labels. You cannot lead a label. You can only lead a whole person.”― Salil Jha I have been thinking about “comedy” shows, the content is basically one person hurling put-downs at someone else. I just do not find them funny, if it is not…
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Pen Pals?
To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.Simone Weil Growing up was some interesting times, seemed like everyone collected something. Some would collect stamps, others coins, antiques, post cards, etc., I also know of some who collected letters from pen pals…
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Your Silence Is Too Loud!
It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear, and speak no evil. The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain. The victim demands action, engagement, and remembering.Judith…
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F.Y.I. – Upcoming
As of this morning I now have two new interviews in the making. These interviews are what I envisioned when I first created this blog, hence the word “Rethinking”. It is my true belief that we could end many troubles in society just by talking with each other, but even greater importance, that we listen.…
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Looking – The Interview
I am so pleased on how the initial interview went with Mental Health @ Home by Ashley L. Peterson. So I am looking for someone else to interview. Again, no gotcha questions, nothing embarrassing. So dear reader if you would volunteer to be interview I would like to hear from you. Use the contact form…
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Lessons Learned While Blogging
“Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.”― Ernest Barbaric I have written about why I started blogging, group session gave us different ways to handle depression. What I haven’t written about are some of the lessons that blogging has…
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Last Night I Cried – Commentary
Just when you think it that it cannot get any worse, it does! Last night I sat down to watch our local news, something that I like to do in the evening, basically for the weather report. While watching a news story hit me like a hammer. A man, Daniel Prude lost his life in…
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Being Resolute!
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. Theodore RooseveltRead more at https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/resolute-quotes Resolute: Use the adjective resolute to describe a purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something very much, and won’t let anything get in the way. From…
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The Progression Of Civil Liberties
“It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.” – Maya Angelou *** I started writing this post yesterday. I had to set…
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Something New For This Blog?
I have been mulling this over for quite some time. I wasn’t sure, not really sure now, if this idea would work for me. The Interview There are some great bloggers out there, I come across their blogs, that I would love to ask them a series of questions in the form of a written…
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Hats Off To Kamala Harris!
“Surround yourself with really good friends. Have people around you who cheer you on, and applaud you, and support you, and are honest with you, and tell you, you know, when your breath stinks.” –Kamala Harris August 11, 2020 I am one who does not write about politics, I believe to this day I may have…
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A Reblog: A letter to self on bad mental health days! — FOREVER AWKWARD
Dear self, I know you’re having a tough time today but that’s okay. Not every day is the same. Some days are better than others, and that’s okay. I know that you feel worn out, angry, livid even. You feel like you are unable to control the way you feel and it racks you with […]…
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Flex That Writing Muscle!
“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler I have noticed over the last couple years my writing has started to form my…
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