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Tag Archives: go play
Learning the Chicken Dance at 88.
I remember learning the chicken dance as an adult at the first German wedding I attended. As I thought, “How ridiculous!, You want me to do WHAT!?!” Then you begin the dance with the hand beaks comes a smirk, the … Continue reading
Posted in The Journey
Tagged Carpe diem, chicken dance, Dead Poets Society, family, go play, hope, what will your verse be?
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A Voice from Heaven and a Doubting Thomas.
It amazes me that we can’t live and let live. The recent story of a baby stranded in a car for 14 hours within inches of a freezing river is an incredible story of either luck and survival (if you … Continue reading
Posted in Independent Thinking
Tagged Carpe diem, doubting thomas, go play, it takes all kinds, Miracle Baby, paulo cuehlo, Spanish Fork
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On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…time.
The holidays bring such an onslaught of busy-ness that we often forget to spend time with the most important people in our lives, our families. In the hustle and bustle of the season, in the family politics, the office parties … Continue reading
Posted in This is living!
Tagged a walk in the rain, Carpe diem, family, go play, journey, time
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On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…freedom.
As our kids and I stood in the Lubbock airport and watch mommy go through security, I am struck by the difference that almost ten years of marriage makes. She is going to visit her family that is in need … Continue reading
Food for Worms.
One of my favorite movies is Dead Poets Society. This movie shaped my adolescence in a similar fashion to Catcher in the Rye, A Separate Peace and the Chocolate War. This movie introduced me to the term ‘Carpe Diem’, ‘Seize … Continue reading
Posted in Independent Thinking, Uncategorized
Tagged Carpe diem, classroom, Dead Poets Society, go play, hope, humanism, make today count, Robin Williams
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Computer Free Morning Pledge
For a variety of reasons I like to get up, work out, check my bank account, facebook, etc. every morning. The computer generally swallows about thirty minutes of my time at home in the morning. I’m currently facing sure insanity … Continue reading
Posted in This is living!
Tagged computer use, computers, go play, meditation, offline, prayer, reflection
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Hello, this is nature calling…
As the clouds billow up over the Capitans and the rains prepare to fall in the Pecos Valley I think of the eons of time before computers, cars and cell phones. When we were free to be human…one with our … Continue reading
