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Wondrous Words

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etiology "Of the fact that you're interested in my etiology. " n. The branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease. _____________________________________________________________ palanquins  noun a covered litter, formerly used in the Orient, carried on the shoulders of four men Dictionary.com   " beyond desires and beyond  regrets,  at which I may arrive      eventually, whose palms droop in the sun      like palanquins with tigerish shadows under them.  to study them in their      mythical conceit that they have beat across the     sea from Egypt with the pharaonic ibis, its...   Pharaonic  1: of, relating to, or characteristic of a pharaoh or the pharaohs. 2: enormous in size or magnitude < pharaonic construction projects> Merriam Webster Dictionary http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com      

First Chapter, First Paragraph

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Prologue 1827 Nine-year-old Viscount Randall gazed toward Lyme's coast but didn't see where the glistening water met the vast sky. He  was too lost in a vivid daydream of being all grown-up, wearing the black robes of the British prime minister, and delivering a blistering piece of oratorical brilliance to Parliament about why perfectly reasonable boys shouldn't be forced to spend their summer holidays with jingle brained girls." http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com

Teaser Tuesday

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"Judith, founding member of the Mary Wollstonecraft Society Against the Injurious Treatment of Women Whose Rights Have Been Unjustly Usurped by the Tyrannical and Ignorant Regime of the Male Kind, strolled in.....her reading glasses sitting low on her Roman nose." Netgalley http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com

Whom Can I Trust?

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On our currency are the words, "In God we trust." I've never paid  much attention to those words until this week. It's this week I thought about how much it means to have a person or people near whom you can trust. Trust means a friend or relative will never harm you physically or emotionally because they love you deeply. I've often heard it said that true friends are hard to find. Rarely do you find people with five or more best friends. However, that alright. The quantity isn't important. The quality is important. Therefore, when I have a true friend or a true, loving relative, it's important not to take that person for granted. I must treat them with the care given to fine china dishes. Jesus is a true friend and a true brother. He gave His life for all our lives. He didn't want us to suffer for our sins. Now we aren't penalized with eternal death. He wanted us to experience eternal life with eternal peace and eternal pleasure. This is w

Writing Daily The Second Day

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It's the second day of my writing goal. The goal is to write thoughts on the blog every day. I'm already stumped for an idea. What will happen on Day 7?  I once read, if you're faced with Writer's Block, you should write about being blocked. At the time, I didn't see the sense in the idea. Now that I'm sitting here writing about being stumped, it seems like a fantastic idea. Since I'm new at this writing daily idea, I will need help. I'm sure there are many helpful articles about writing on the Internet. Secondly, I need to keep a small notepad beside me all the time. Ideas seem to rush in to the mind at inconvenient moments. I just wrote an idea down for tomorrow. I'll spend  time today thinking of ways to develop the entry. Since I am a worry wort,  I don't want writing to become another thing to worry over. I want to enjoy writing. Reading other blogs will inspire me not to give up. While on Twitter last week, someone asked this question.

Do You Know Where You're Going To by Diana Ross...with Lyrics

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It's 2015!

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I can't believe it's the new year, 2015. I have to admit my stomach feels a bit cramped with anxiety. Usually, years come and go with my least amount of attention. I do look at the old year on documentaries: I remember those talented people we've lost. I think about the horrible airplane accidents and mindless murders of innocent people. Then, I just go on living waiting for the next celebration or the next bad shoe to drop in my life. This year it's different. I am very aware of the new year. I feel like the days of this year are precious. I should treat these days gently and with care like a jeweler would treat the new rubies and pearls that have come into his shop. I should treat the new year like a geneaologist would treat ancient papers from the Old City of Jerusalem or the way he would treat a diary from the Civil War. I should mentally put on white gloves and  treat the year  like a fragile package addressed to me. I want to live it differently. Not the same