life
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The Holler
“I’m always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.” Loretta Lynn “The pull of our roots can be such a strong force, no matter how far or wide we may roam.” Lauren McDuffie “Appalachia, in fact, is a very matriarchal culture. We revere our Continue reading
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It’s the little things. Redux
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.” Stephen Fry “Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.” Atticus “Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his Continue reading
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It’s the little things
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things… I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. Leo Buscaglia Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure Continue reading
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Joyful Sadness
Joyful Sadness I am sad. Memories half-remembered have filled my dreams; sometimes coalescing into brilliance. Fleeting though. The aftermath a sadness of recollection lost. Past loved ones slipping into the oblivion of eternal night. Intangible ghosts; tendrils of nothing. Daylight brings hope for remembrance. I shake at the acme of the day; the slope of Continue reading
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Life is amazing.
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” – John Lennon And so it is with mine, Life Continue reading
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The Rock Quarry
I have climbed Mount Everest. I have also climbed the Matterhorn. I have fought German Panzers advancing on Patton’s position. I have broken trail with Daniel Boone. And I have parlayed with the leaders of the Sioux nation whilst living amongst them as a mountain man. All within earshot of my mother calling me to Continue reading
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Fire meet Iron, Iron I’d like to introduce you to Fire, you can join your friends there.
“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt “One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’ t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life Continue reading
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