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  • You can beat injustice: #chattanoogastrong
    Posted on Monday, July 20th, 2015 | Tagged: chattanooga strong, forgiveness, injustice

    Our world’s run amok. Hatred dominates. Freddie Gray and Michael Brown die at the hands of the police and Baltimore and Ferguson erupt in riots. People loot and burn the property of their neighbors. They turn on their community and make it safe for no one. They create a wasteland that will only promulgate more …[ read more ]

  • Majesty from Ruins: We Are the Basilica Santa Maria Degli Angeli–Rome
    Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2015 | Tagged: Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli, character, from ruins to glory, Rome

    Rome–no place on earth exists with the glory of Rome. Ruins rise from ruins and bloom into glorious works of art. No other place exhibits this more than the Basilica Santa Maria Degli Angeli. And no place on earth exhibits this more than your own life. Neil, my husband, and I scoured the Termini section …[ read more ]

  • We’re Just Like Michelangelo
    Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2015 | Tagged: Florence, Grace, Michelangelo, Salvation, The David

    Before the victory We should be like David You are like Michelangelo. And my husband has the traits of Michelangelo’s famous sculpture, David. We had finally made it to Florence, and Neil had orders. We would not leave Italy until we’d seen Michelangelo’s David. I’d seen the Pieta , and thought seeing it again, although desired, would …[ read more ]

  • Malone, NY Manhunt: Becoming a Hero
    Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2015 | Tagged: heroes, Malone, Malone NY, manhunt, New York, New York State Police, Prison, Sweat and Matt

    Main Street Malone, NY had been my hometown since 1980. It has a world class golf course headed by PGA president Derrick Sprague, a beautiful ski resort and masses of wilderness. Little else except wonderful people I love to pieces. Few people knew of its existence until the recent manhunt for convicted killers Richard Matt and David …[ read more ]

  • How to Become a Gondolier: Venice
    Posted on Thursday, May 7th, 2015 | Tagged: gondolas, gondoliers, Venice

    Look closely at the gondola to the back. The prow shows the Venetian flag. Venice. The city of romance. And the city of those gondoliers. How does one get to be a gondolier ? It’s not as easy as donning a black and white stripped shirt and building up your bi & triceps. First of all, …[ read more ]

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      “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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