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Emergent
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CotyledonsI hadn’t thought about cotyledons since Botany class, when I was 15 or so. I probably wouldn’t have thought of the word “cotyledon” at all, …
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Dire Dullness | A More Positive Perspective
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Working From Home
Challenge Yourself to Write “100 Good Things About Me”
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It’s easy to write “100 Things About Me.” But almost a dozen years ago, I was challenged to write “100 Good Things About Me.” Let this serve as an …
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Face Masks
Bedsheets
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I don’t sew. Or didn’t, Though I bought a machine: A nice, beginner-level sewing machine, along with some “how-to” books.They all wanted me to make a …
3 days ago
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Midwifery
Antipatheia | A More Positive Perspective
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Steel-gray, the morning sky, done with night’s temper tantrum, spent, resigned itself to quiet weeping. Joy, sapped of strength and spirit, lay …
6 days ago
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OK, Doomer... | A More Positive Perspective
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March 22
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With all the talk of #BernieBros and trollbots and toxic bullying on the Internet (particularly on Facebook and Twitter), John Henry has some excellent advice on how to advocate for your chosen candid …
Bernie Sanders
How Not To Support Your Candidate | A More Positive Perspective
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March 6
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Two Armadillos' Strife | A More Positive Perspective
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I have a love-hate relationship with poetry, including my own. Too much of it is contrived, precious, melodramatic, and affected. This one, though, …
February 29
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Bullfrog and Bullfeathers | A More Positive Perspective
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Unless one of her students had learned to throw their voice across the room, that was not the usual postprandial burp from one of the boys. …
February 29
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Dessert for Breakfast | A More Positive Perspective
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The normally timorous Tilly put her hands on her hips and gave a truculent argument for dessert before dinner. “Daddy said coal miners get to eat …
February 21
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Red Paint | A More Positive Perspective
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I sat on the floor, cross-legged, “Lotus style,” attempting for the 5,678th time to transcend something or other by way of meditation. This was …
February 18
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A More Positive Perspective
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For me, the issue is not about one Party or another, nor is it about tolerating mere “differences of opinion.” I’ve never voted straight ticket in my …
January 8
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Artists
Contemporary Sonnet #010101010101
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I morfed while speaking ASL (or was that a/s/l?) Across the keys my fingers moved, in ALL CAPS DID I YELL Hermaphroditic princess of Marcel Duchamp’s …
January 5
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Grandparents
Asibikaashi #WednesdayVerses
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Strong threads you weave; A web of them, At first, to swaddle and protect – Softly subtle, safe cocoon, Where only pleasant dreams reside.Bright sunlight …
January 1
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Closing the Chapter, Beginning a New One!
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This will be the last post on this blog! As I do every few years, I’m starting fresh with a new one. Rather than risk breaking everything here with a …
Dec 11, 2019
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Axios Deep Dive: Philanthropy
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If charity is giving alms to the needy, then philanthropy is charity's more high-minded and strategic relation. The big picture: Philanthropists …
Dec 3, 2019
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Columbine
Party Like It’s 2019 #WordsMatter
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20 years ago, I probably rang in the New Year with Prince's 1983 hit, Party Like It's 1999. [embed style="max-width: 1379px;" width="500" …
Nov 1, 2019
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Kids
It’s Not That Time of the Year Without… #WordsMatter
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It's not that time of the year without... I know, I know. But that's such a cliché, isn't it? I know what you expect me to say, so I'm doubly …
Oct 5, 2019
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Celebrate Banned Books Week!
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As a huge fan of our Constitution's First Amendment, Banned Books Week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. It feels a little like doing battle …
Sep 24, 2019
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Health
That Which We Tolerate, and That Which We Don’t
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It's no secret that I have liberal leanings. I've said before that I wish we were "socialist for what we need, and capitalist for all the little …
Sep 22, 2019
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Writing
Netiquette in the Nineties
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I have never understood the need to reinvent the wheel. To improve on it, perhaps. To modify it from a wheel suited to a dirt road to one suited to …
Sep 14, 2019
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A Morning Bath #WordsMatter #WhenItRains
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Oh, that silly squirrel! He preens - Peering through the window-screens and making funny faces. Nose-to-nose, cross-eyed, we stare - neither one of …
Sep 7, 2019
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Can’t Answer Incoming Call from Lock Screen After Android 9 Update?
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Sometimes, you just need your mobile phone to act like a phone. After a recent update to the Android operating system - Android 9, July 1 security …
Aug 16, 2019
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Outside My Window, There’s a Tree #WordsMatter
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Outside my window, there's a tree. Inside, looking out, there's me. Windchimes beckon, "Come outside! Don't stay behind the glass and hide." …
Aug 3, 2019
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Raising Men, One Lawn at a Time #WATWB
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Children love to help out, to feel valued, and to belong. They are eager volunteers, but there are surprisingly few meaningful opportunities for them …
Aug 2, 2019
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Apps
Using Android Apps to Make Blog Images #Images #Apps #Android
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A Few of My Favorite Image-Editing AppsMy Samsung Galaxy Note 9 does double-duty as a camera, and now an image-editing device. Here are some of my …
Jun 30, 2019
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Brain Damage
Unfathomable #AtoZChallenge #SixMonths #ZombieBlogHop
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The story, so far: [display-posts tag="sixmonths" order="ASC"] Six months into 2019, and I was losing my mind. I saw down on the front step, closed …
Jun 30, 2019
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Robotics
Talent #AtoZChallenge #SixMonths #ZombieBlogHop
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The story, so far: [display-posts tag="sixmonths" order="ASC"] Six months into 2019, and I had to tell this incredible team of biomechanical …
Jun 18, 2019
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Saved #AtoZChallenge #SixMonths #ZombieBlogHop
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The story, so far: [display-posts tag="sixmonths" order="ASC"] The tiny, angry man opened his mouth, closed it, and disappeared. Just winked out, …
Jun 17, 2019
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Reaching #AtoZChallenge #SixMonths #ZombieBlogHop
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Six months into 2019 and I can't even remember where I hid my resolve for safekeeping, I thought. I began clawing, frantically, through the contents …
Jun 16, 2019

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