John Kennedy Quote – Pursuing Our Hopes
“We should never let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes” – John Kennedy
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Baby Boomer Drug Use
Baby Boomers who frequently used recreational drugs like marijuana and cocaine in their youth are now turning back to drugs like Oxycontin for relief of age-related pain and illness. As a result, the fatal-overdose rate for people ages 45 to 64 has become higher than that for 25 to 44-year-olds for the first time. More than 12,000 Boomers died of […]
Read moreToby Mac Quote – Gain The World, Lose My Soul
“I don’t want to gain the whole world and lose my soul” – Toby Mac
Read morePoem – Oddfellow (By Donal Mahoney)
Homer’s never owned a gun, thinks they should be banned along with bombs and missiles. Doesn’t need them in the river that flows between his mind and his emotions where every now and then he pushes someone in for some untoward remark. He points to the sky first, says that’s where heaven is and gives a push […]
Read morePoem – (By Nicolo Santilli)
sparks – By Nicolo Santilli peek into a distant world where the light is brighter so that some of its light spills through the opening for it lies buried as a potential in this world like a clear spark to ignite the particular this world wants to breathe fully […]
Read morePreventing reefer madness
Marijuana may now be legal in Colorado, said Jordan Weissmann, but do purchasers really know what they’re buying? New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd highlighted that problem last week by describing what happened when she went to Denver to sample edible marijuana. Dowd ate too much of a weed-laced candy bar, which had no dosing instructions, and spent eight hours […]
Read moreKarl Barth Quote – Joy Is The Simplest Form Of Gratitude
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” – Karl Barth
Read moreCartoon – The Standoff
Poem – MY WORDS (By Elaine Nadal)
MY WORDS – By Elaine Nadal Inadequate fragments embedded with Ay, No puede ser, Sí se puede, Pura vida lacking punctuation misunderstood tirelessly running on and on syncopating along the way Lo tengo to’ pensao Pues a veces sometimes spontaneous problem-solving compassionate “Bendito, don’t you worry cariño.” creative making my own spice an unconventional lexicon embedded with made-up words feel […]
Read moreCartoon – Padding Your Bra
