Category Archives: Choices

A Beautiful Choice

I just read a saying at https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/I-stop-for-suffering/263956387017672?sk=photos_stream that I liked and thought you might too: “It’s up to you to find beauty in the ugliest days.” When I read it, this popped into my head: A Beautiful Choice Ugly is … Continue reading

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No Need For a Key

I just saw a saying at Ute’s delightful blog at http://utesmile.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/what-is-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 that I really love: “There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.” Thank you for sharing this great quote, Ute. So much truth and wisdom in … Continue reading

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Dismiss What Insults Your Soul

A FB friend named Nancy Parris has been on quite a roll today. Here are two more sayings she posted that I really like, and her sources for same: “Re-examine all you’ve been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.” -Walt … Continue reading

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Awakening

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung This has certainly proven true for me. I used to dream a lot, and even made many … Continue reading

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The Goofiest Christmas Tree and Beach You Ever Saw

A Most Unusual Christmas Tree Visitors who come to our home near the holidays are often struck by the sight of a most unusual Christmas tree. Instead of a fir or some other traditional kind, we have a palm tree. … Continue reading

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A Middle School Love Letter Proves Some Loves Never Die

Twenty-two years ago a love-struck 6th-grader penned a plaintive letter to the girl of his dreams. Here are my favorite parts of the Yahoo News article (in quotes), along with some comments from me: “Written in all caps at the … Continue reading

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A Bright and Happy Place

Let your intentions be good – embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds – and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve. – Grenville Kleiser Source: … Continue reading

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“You Hijacked My Heart”

My co-writer on this one is Marty Dolciamore. He is also the vocalist,musician, and producer. This song has a very different feel and sound versus most of what I write. I’m not fond of the characters in it, nor how … Continue reading

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My First Song: “What Kind Of Man Does That”

I co-wrote my first song less than three years ago. My co-writer was Denis Loiseau. It was recently re-demoed with a different vocalist, musicians, and producer so that Denis and I would have full rights to the song and we … Continue reading

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Courage Comes In All Sizes

This is a true story. Because it happened about 20 years ago it is likely that some of the “facts” that I seem to recall have likely been blurred by the mists of time. Any inaccuracies are unintentional. I came … Continue reading

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