Window-Shoping
The Haiku Foundation published one of my poems on their wonderful blog. Check it out! This month is about window shopping. Window Shopping
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Fading Blue –
My new book is out. It’s 99 cents for a limited time on Amazon. Also available on Kindle Unlimited.
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3 Ways to Calm the Anger Beast
When I was growing up, my father was a very angry man, even irate at times. I didn’t think anything of it. It was normal to me, that’s how I grew up. People would always say, “He’s Italian.” Like that somehow made it acceptable. I remember times when we would be driving, just me and him, and someone would cut him off. My dad would chase that person down, have them pull over, and he…
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3 Reasons You Should Do A 100 Day Challenge
Several months ago I was searching the internet for some good ideas on teaching poetry to Jr high and high school students. I came across this great post on Medium by Jon E. H. Burton who was participating in a 100 Day Haiku challenge. 100 Haikus: Day 79 A poem about me laying on my floor after a long day:medium.com And then I came across another great post on Medium by Courtney Symons. What I…
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3 Reasons You Should Read Every Day
Do you want to keep your mind strong and active? Read this blog post for some great ideas.
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Tell Your Story
The Google dictionary defines “story” as 1) an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment or, 2) an account of past events in someone’s life or in the evolution of something. I love the explanation of number two: the evolution of something. Isn’t that what the story of our lives is, the evolution of something. We are not who we used to be and we are not who we are going to be…
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What Will be Remembered?
It’s 2018 already! The year came so fast. Thinking back on 2017, what would you have done differently? Do you feel that you made the impact that you wanted to? The good thing is it’s a new year and we have 365 more chances. Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, and passed away on May 28, 2014. She is better known as Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou was a very influential writer…
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3 Things to Think About “Life”
The movie Life just came out in theaters this weekend. What a great title for this movie. Life! The possibilities are endless with a name like that. In fact, the movie is about seven lives, all at different places emotionally, different reasons for being there, and they all have to work together. In the film, the astronauts are trying to prove there is “life” on Mars, and end up trying to saves the lives of…
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4 Lessons I learned from the Hunger Games Trilogy
I know the Hunger Games books came out a while ago. However, if you are like me and my family, you do not just read a good book or see a good movie only once. In fact, you read the book or watch the movie several times. You revisit your favorites quite often and each time you do, you find another nugget of wisdom or you notice something you did not notice the first couple…