An Inspiring Article, Originally Posted Here
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It's a plain spreadsheet with a simple title: "I have a place to offer."
What follows is simply inspiring.
There are names, thousands of names of people in the Boston area with standing offers to help those displaced by the…
I would have liked to find out its name before sharing it with you but I couldn't wait, I had it tucked away in my hard drive for a few months now. I've seen a younger version of this tree around. I clicked this one at my principals front yard, she's probably the best person to ask ... but I keep forgetting!
I have attended every book club meeting at my school. I've never missed a National Honor Society meeting, a Math Honor Society meeting, a Social Studies Honor Society meeting, or a Latin Honor Society meeting. But when I tell people that I've never attended a high school football game, I am always asked the same question: what's wrong with you?
Have you seen the moon tonight?
Did you drink in her crisp pearly beams?
Have you felt the wind like a soft rain of
Needles against your skin?
I let its chill course in my fevered veins
Sending me riding on a wave so high
I almost touched the velvet sky
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… feels as if it’s faded
With each year it get worse, you hear this every year
The sad darkness that creeps
Inside me with this realization finds a comfy spot and settles
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Drive it away says the child that I was
Drive it away with the memories of dressing up
The old Christmas tree with grandma at the bakery…
I did a post about this last year when I created my own blog button that you can see in my side bar, but over the last few weeks I've been asked by a few people how to make one. So I will give the quick and easy way to make one.
Step One:
Go to Pixlr. Here is where you create your button's image.
This is one of the many kiskadees in the area, it's also known by some as the Yellow Plantain as its yellow breast is quite distinctive.
Some great graffiti on trains, check these guys out.
Life, it comes
And it goes
Like the ever changing tides
Washing on the sandy shores
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Moments of rage
Of choppy currents
Moments of profound peace
Calm waters and gentle sprays
In the golden sunlight
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