After I started listening to music on a regular basis, I started getting into movie and TV scores. I love the way they could move and affect the story. They can bring tension or peace, excitement or sorrow, and half the time we may not even realize the effect it is having on us. As I started listening to more of the music, separate from the movie experience, I realized that it would be cool to mix one into the other and have a “MegaMix”, not unlike what the Newsboys did on their greatest hits album. So, I started my…
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Skin lightened by the endless Winter days Snow and Rain are my consistent friends Using modern fire to illuminate our homes Suddenly transported to blue sky and blazing Sun The pressure on my surface has increased as I wade through the swampy air The edge of the Earth is covered with tiny particles They reflect the rays onto my face More than 90 million miles traveled Reacting with the pale body now exposed to The Elements Mostly protected by a liquid shell Slightly red from the power of the Source An ancient remedy from the plant life heals And now…
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Moving has always been stressful for the humans All the boxes and bags All the rushing around early in the day All the restless nights I sit, silently waiting to be useful Carrying my human from place to place Suddenly filled with possessions We travel South The old highway cuts through farms of old And small towns We arrive at my human’s new home My new home needs some work I enjoy the chilly dew on my face in the mornings Taking in the spring sunshine after days of grey skies Early one day, a few people arrive to fix…
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I was cleaning out my paper files after a recent move (more on that coming soon), and found the original notebook of my young 18-year-old mind in college. This artifact of my poetry is just a piece of paper, but isn’t that amazing? This is a poem called Observations. It appears first in my poetry book and it an early example of my creative work. What have you discovered from your past recently?
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https://www.relay.fm/penaddict It has been more than two years since I found this podcast in a moment of chaos. I needed something to listen to at night to calm the mind of all that was going on around me and inside my head. I found the professional podcast style with hosts that were passionate. In this case, the podcast discusses a variety of fountain pens, mechanical pencils, and stationary products. The hosts bring stories of their personal experiences and listener questions in a very casual conversation style. This was a perfect way for me to wind down after a trying day…
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Official Navy records of captain’s logs in the United States go back as far as 1776 (which is pretty good since that is the year the country declared independence). This idea of recording events and interpretations was brought forward through history and into science fiction world of Star Trek. The series is famous for its progressive ideas that are easily discussed in a utopian future and has some intense quotes from each episode. Most episodes have at least one official “log entry” and also a personal one from the main character of the episode. The Personal Log shows the emotions…