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The dilemma of emptiness

One of life’s difficult decisions that I have encountered over the years is when to finally dispose of that jar or bottle of condiments.  Again perhaps it is the thought of HOPE that keeps me from tossing that item with

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Posted in Answers, Friendship, hope, Life, Questions

Find what you are looking for at the check out counter….

Finding what you are looking for… It seems that every time I go into a retail store and I am checking out to purchase the items I selected, the cashier asks me, “Did you find everything that you were looking

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Posted in Answers, existentialism, Humor, Life, Questions

Socks and Hope

Another change of address, another opportunity to reassess… during my recent move, I came across socks that needed mending since a time way back when I lived in Maryland.  In that moment of clarity I pondered; why do I keep

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Posted in Behavior, hope, nostalgia

Community and hope for peace

My view of reality: First an intro; I am now living in a State University family apartment complex for graduate students, professors, and staff. I am literally surrounded by people from all over the world.  My neighbors on one side

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Posted in Children's play, Community, Uncategorized

Talking baseball

A video presentation for the MLB Fan Cave application.

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Posted in Baseball, Sports

The ultimate employment application cover letter

Long term unemployment requires substantial personal fortitude to refrain from writing the cover letter that you really want.  I have spent the past 10 years either unemployed or under-employed and I have been in constant search of a decent professional

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Posted in Job hunting, unemployment

Teaching is Love

Teaching is Love My love affair while I was a teacher. First, I want to dispel any fears or any false connotations.  The love I write about relates to the professional dedication to the art of teaching, a dedication to

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Posted in Career Passion, Teaching

Originally posted on fillsmusings:
My friends on Facebook have varying, diverse views on life and politics and some of it is not always to my liking, but for the sake of harmony, and in the interest of my own curiosity,…

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Politics compared to elementary school

Teaching Observation: During one of my substitute teaching assignments I had a pleasant conversation with a teacher about managing the behavior of the students and helping them focus on their school work.  Paraphrasing the teacher she said, “If we could

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Posted in Behavior, Juvenile, Politics, Teaching

Facebook comments/posts thoughts

My friends on Facebook have varying, diverse views on life and politics and some of it is not always to my liking, but for the sake of harmony, and in the interest of my own curiosity, I accept these varying

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Posted in Friendship, Tolerance