Tag: #humaninterest
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The Block – Part Two
Frankly, the house needed quite a bit of fixing up. I was going to work a summer session to get a little more money to help me get the repairs done sooner then later. The ceiling in the dining room was in sad shape. When the contractor came to give me an estimate, he hit…
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The Block
Going through the real estate ads, I needed to find a place to live. I had limited funds, but I was a teacher. I was a union teacher, so I wasn’t going to rent. I was going to buy. The union made it possible for us to buy a home. We had almost 200,000 members.…
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Marco
Marco was the bully on the block. He would never share or play nice. He called everyone names. He pushed kids, took their stuff and was mean deep into his core. Gloria and Anna were in front of their house drawing on the sidewalk with bright colored chalk. They had glass coca-cola bottles lines lined…
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Standing in Gratitude
Staying focused on my actions allows me to feel gratitude. I feel gratitude for this life and for all that I have and all that I am. I am grateful for all of the good yet to manifest. So much happens around us in the course of a day. I work in a large city…
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Feeling Grateful
It is still a bit cold here, the weather is rainy. We are having true spring weather. Soon though, it will be warm. The buds on the trees have appeared and they are starting to open. There is so much beauty in the natural world. I feel lucky that I can experience the beauty of…
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Superstitious
Are you superstitious? Growing up in a household where my mom held certain superstitious beliefs, yes. Why tempt fate? I am somewhat superstitious!
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Belief Systems
Belief Systems What you decide to be is what you become. No one can define feelings or thoughts for you. No one can create a state of mind for you. Throughout our lifetimes our interactions with friends, family, co-workers and neighbors are subject to their state of mind or their belief system as well as…
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Ghosts
There are some people we will always be connected to. They come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. They may leave our lives or stay. There is a connection between this world and the next, it is a fine line. We are energy. We are balls of energy in…
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Juju
Juju ran up the block, he had no jacket on. His thin wiry arms moving like a swimmers over the cement sidewalk. Moving through a range of strokes over the cement sidewalk he approaches, running, frantic. Juju sees me going through the gate of my house and runs towards me. Caro, Caro, save me. I…
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Chicken Wings and Snow Squalls
Home is my absolute favorite place. I’m always happy to travel, to go to see friends and family and visit. But sometimes I just need home. The comfort and familiarity of it. Heading back today towards home I rode into a storm. Winter storms here kick up quickly, they can be unforgiving. The bridge had…
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