• Rules Impossible Apologetic Unadventerous Convention Standard Fake Unproductive Dated Unacheivable Follow Conform Indifferent Settle Predictable Apathetic Bored Unaltered Subtle Unoriginal Disbelieve Compliant Adhere Timid Dispirited Quiet Obey Uncreative Passive Expected Tradition Norm Inauthentic Seen Unsustainable Average Done

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  • New Year Old Me “ I wanted to start over. I wanted a new life. The trouble was, I brought myself with me.” – Dean Ford

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  • The Best Knowledge Tools I’m learning much more than anticipated when I am researching, preparing a novel and other short stories (still in progress). I have such an appreciation for those who are already published. Something we readers take for granted is the research and…

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  • The Bible Tells Me So

    Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.

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  • The Free Spirit and the Recluse

    Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Bruce Banner or Hulk? Harvey Dent or Two-Face? Or in my situation, the Free Spirit or the Recluse. All of us have at least two distinctive personalities inside of us. Mine is the free spirit which thrives on new experiences,…

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  • 2019 Reading Goals Now that I have completed my reading goal of fifty books this year, I am already making plans on next year’s goals. It won’t be fifty. It may be less than half that, I am not sure. The reasons are many but…

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  • RIP Alexa

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  • Christmas With Family

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  • GET OVER IT When I am in a mood or uninspired, I know myself well enough on how to change improve it. These aren’t revelations, just simple reminders. Thankfulness: You’ve had worse. Try recalling those worse moments and then remember that “this” isn’t that bad.…

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  • One of My Favorite Things… …is laughing with someone and realizing half way through how much you enjoy them and their existence.

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  • Currently Music: Classic big bands, swing and jazz. Re-discovered thanks to a local radio station and Spotify Reading: Oath of Office, the next in Tom Clancy’s long running series Podcast: Short Stuff. Bite-sized at 15 minutes or less of varying interests. Food: Spicy chicken. Asian,…

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  • Do What You Like… And like what you do.

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