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December 30, 2016
Spotlight on #Blog Visions for 2017 ~ New Year’s Delight
Do you enjoy checking out interesting blogs and the bloggers who are behind them? Check out Tina Frisco’s great new post and FOLLOW these blogs if you find yourself intrigued by what inspired them…great job, Tina, thanks!!!
Image courtesy of Lucie Stastkova
I’ve thought for some time now that I’d like to have a theme for my blog. Many of the blogs I follow have themes I find most enjoyable. I’ve asked several of these folks to be my guest, tell us what they envision for their blog in 2017, and include their images and links.
I want to thank all of those who responded and wish them great success in the New Year. They are listed below in alphabetical order by first name. Please visit their sites, like and follow, and perhaps download a book or two. Enjoy!
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Allan Hudson ~South Branch Scribbler2017 will see the South Branch Scribbler hosting a variety of authors with some artists, photographers, and musicians. I have a lineup of terrific folks for the first three months of the New Year and am adding more weekly. I will be trying…
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FEMINIST FRIDAY – WOMEN WHO HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD
Women Who Changed Our World…thanks, Bernadette, and Chris Graham for sharing.
Since Sunday brings us a brand new calendar year, I thought it might be fun to look back in history and read about women who changed the world. I hope you enjoy the list and lets make 2017 the year we continue to go out and change the world for the good of all BECAUSE WE KNOW “WOMEN ROCK”.
WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
A list of famous influential women, including women’s rights activists, poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists courtesy of Biography on line.
Sappho (circa 570 BCE) One of the first known female writers. Much of her poetry has been lost but her immense reputation has remained. Plato referred to Sappho as one of the great 10 poets.
Cleopatra (69 BCE–30 BCE) The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire. In doing so she formed relationships with two of Rome’s…
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December 22, 2016
Dreamlike Scenes With a 700-Kilogram Brown Bear
Dreamlike images shot with a HUGE AND BEAUTIFUL BEAR~! Thanks, Alk3r!
Olga Barantseva is a talented fairytale photographer based in Moscow, Russia, who captures her models with wild animals like: raccoons, white peacock, crocodile, fox, snake, horse, owl and more.
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December 21, 2016
Amazing Snaps of The Andromeda Galaxy
Amazing, this cosmos we inhabit….take a look at the glorious Andromeda Galaxy – and thanks for sharing, Alk3r!
A view of the sky from the Zervreila Mountain Lagoon in Switzerland
The Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, can be seen shining above a remote village in Switzerland.
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December 19, 2016
Fallen Leaves Turned into Fallen Leaf Art
An artist sees beauty in all things….watch how beautiful fallen leaves can be! Thanks Alk3r!
The colors of fall foliage are often so vibrant that they’re the perfect palette for creating works of art. In Japan, many people are using the leaves for just this purpose.
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Beautiful Dreamlike Portrait Photography
Dreamlike portrait photography – superb! Thank you, Alk3r!
Laura Zalenga (previous) is a superb talented fine art and portrait photographer from Southern Germany, who currently lives and works in Berlin.
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December 18, 2016
Monday Funnies…
The Past Present & Future walk into a bar – the atmosphere was tense!!! Enjoy! Great wit here…thanks Tina Frisco and Chris Graham!
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
My Thanks to Author Tina Frisco for sending these to me:
Seattle Propane at Wallingford Chevron
has a person with a good sense of humor
running their sign department.
PART TWO
December 17, 2016
Addiction and The Power of Letting Go – Guest Post…
Addiction And The Power of Letting Go…terrific post…thank you for sharing, Tina Frisco and Chris Graham…definitely a subject that many humans need to further explore.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
Image is courtesy of Lucie Stastkova
You’re extremely disgusted with an old habit. You’re ranting. You’re pacing. You’re regurgitating. You’re spent. You pick yourself up from the floor, dry your tears, and swear on your life that this is the last time. You throw away all accouterments, all paraphernalia, all reminders of the loathed and dreaded addiction. You make it through the day with firm resolve. Then you awaken the following morning with an insatiable craving. You recall your commitment and fight doggedly not to give in. You argue with yourself. You become frustrated. The stress grows into a pressing mass in your belly. Then suddenly… a comforting thought: One more day won’t hurt! You acquiesce. You give in. And the roller coaster ride begins…
A teacher once told me that the masters, the avatars, often carry an addiction in order to stay in form — to…
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December 13, 2016
The Human Element Series: The Harrowing
A poignant ode to the harrowing elements of all our lives as members of the human race…..thanks, Janni Styles!
Anger: On Being the Black Sheep
If you are a woman who has been pressured into always being “nice”, no matter what, then read this…and share it too. “For those of us who see through the smoke and mirrors, our job is not to destroy ourselves trying to fit in, or to convince others to see dysfunction, but to band together to remove the veil of illusion from the collective screen.” Thanks for your honesty, wisdom and courage, Juana!!!
Just written to a friend:
I’ve always been discouraged from showing anger, because “nice” people aren’t supposed to be “angry.” But in the process, I became a doormat, a shell of myself, distrustful of my intuition, and learned to ignore my justified anger.
Until I was raped, I was stuck on trying to be “nice” and didn’t give myself room to be anything but “nice” and “sad,” so all the anger I left unexpressed was turned inwardly, until all I could do was hate myself and be so self-critical, it paralyzed me, a paralysis that still has me in its clutches.
Then when I started reading feminism, started studying dynamics of oppression, started seeing how culturally, women and minorities are silenced and told constantly to deny their truths, I realized my anger was justified. And I realized society had told me I wasn’t allowed to feel or express any of…
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