Storyteller
posted on May 09, 2008
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Tags: advice, words, wisdom
A word once spoken cannot be unspoken. A spell once cast cannot be uncast. Therefore think twice, then thrice before speaking. Cruel words meant to cut can cut both ways.... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on May 08, 2008
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Tags: poem, chores, poetry, housework, Cleaning
A rhyme about housekeeping to make it less tedious.... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on May 06, 2008
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Tags: twitter, social, networking, 140, tweets
I've discovered Twitter.com and it has been a blessing to me, helping me to focus on the moment at hand. You get 140 characters per post to answer the question "What are you doing right now." Love it.... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on May 06, 2008
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Tags: pay it forward, book, Catherine Ryan Hyde
Currently I am reading Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde. After just a few pages I can already tell it is quite different than the movie. My daughter lives in Atascadero where the story takes place, so she wanted me to read the book. I've had it for... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 23, 2008
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Tags: depression, worry, downcast, malaise, tired
A lot of people on Soulcast sure seem to be depressed lately, having hard times and so forth. There have been days when I could write the book on depression. Lately I find I really have to control my thoughts, otherwise they run the train right off the... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 23, 2008
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Tags: pbs, poet, walt whitman, Leaves of Grass
After watching a PBS show last night on Walt Whitman, the poet, which was a real eye-opener for me, I'm off to the library this morning to pick up Leaves of Grass.
While I'm there I hope to be sitting down working on some of my own poetry for my cha... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 22, 2008
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Tags: self-bows, making, children, archery, bows
My friend gathered up an assortment of branches including plum and other woods I've never heard of and he brought them all to a local gathering with people of all ages. Then he rolled out the tarp he had all his self-made bows on. And then kids started... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 16, 2008
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Tags: gecko, DREAM, telekinisis, reptile
I'm starting a new series of my dreams here. I'll start them off with 'Last night I dreamed..."
Last night I dreamed I had a pet gecko. Only it wasn't gecko sized, it was about 2 1/2 feet long. I was carrying it around like a small child. Whe... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 16, 2008
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Tags: teens, 70s, Sunnymead, memories, childhood
I wanted to share what a typical day was like in my teen years, which were in the 70's. Which I should point out was before cellphones and personal computers.
I lived in Sunnymead CA, which in the days before it was renamed Moreno Valley, was a one... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 16, 2008
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Tags: alto, Soprano, range, singing, voice
Or course we all know that as a boy becomes a man his voice goes through some startling changes.
What I want to know, is if you are a woman who has been singing all her life, did you notice that as you got older your voice got lower? Mine seems to ... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 15, 2008
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Tags: dress, thrifty, consumerism, repurposed, Clothing
Can you imagine the money you would save if you had a few basic sturdy clothes and didn't buy anything else for a year. One lady did that by sewing a brown dress and wearing it for a year. I wouldn't have picked brown but I do like the idea of voluntary... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 14, 2008
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Tags: Train, circular, Books, bedroom, DREAM
I had a dream the other night, a dreamlette really. In the dream I was about 18 years old. I went home and the bedrooms weren't where I remembered them. It was night and the first 2 rooms I checked weren't mine. Then I saw a door that was open a crack a... read entire post
My experience at a four day traditional archery shoot.... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 09, 2008
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Tags: Now
Back in the 1970's I had a teacher named Mr. Harper for a class called Personal Interaction or something like that. He was a sweet and gentle man. He talked a lot about living in the 'now'. How the present is the only time where you can enact change in... read entire post
Storyteller
posted on Apr 06, 2008
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Tags: fantasy, spirits, poetry, dreams, imagery
Last night as I lay dreaming~a poem... read entire post