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Play Nice

It is late on a Friday night and I am living the dream; writing in my undies and enjoying an adult beverage.   Heaven right? Okay, maybe not for you, but this fourth week of school has been pretty rough.  The kids are finally getting into their routines, relationships between teachers and students are being squared …

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The Sea

The sea, ..........Don't you hear it? That primitive, contemporary, futuristic beat .........Of that waves resounds in the minds ear for eternity It's peace and calm, ........Heals the wounded soul Its fury .......Lives for the fight to survive in man The sea, .......Don't you hear it? Inviting one to live, .......Challenging one to survive..... ~ Judith …

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Tomorrow

Tomorrow would have been my grandmother’s birthday. I am not sure how old she would have been ; you never asked Lucille Rose how old she was. She was a beautiful, stubborn woman who stressed the importance of manners and always saying thank you. It is also one of my nephew’s birthdays, but their day …

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Happy Birthday to …

Time  is always speeding past us.  Always moving forward and going on whether we like it or not. Anniversaries and birthdays come... And often we come up with elaborate ways to celebrate them. In my case, I love to plan and then life does it thing and the plans go to waste because there is …

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Dancing

Pausing for a Happy Dance

Today, I had every intention of finishing the poetry post after school was out.  Then I read something at lunch that stop me in my tracks.   An email informing me that I am now the new English Department Chair. For the past three years there has been a different chair.  Each time I found out …

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Laboring Away on Labor Day

Leaving my neighborhood this morning, I noticed something unusual for a Labor Day morning trash cans lining the curb. This just shouldn't be.. don't my neighbors know that the trash men don't come on holidays.  But maybe this year, it is going to be different.. maybe they will come.  Maybe America or at least Orlando's waste management company has …

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Thanks Chef Ramsey….

Intense, assertive and talented, Chef Gordon Ramsey is one of the world's most famous chefs. As a devoted fan, I have watched every episode of Kitchen Nightmare's (both U.S. and UK versions), the F-Word and Master Chef as soon as they are available on-line.  He has inspired millions of people to go back into the …

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And Then Her Wig Fell Off – A Review

Review of Then Her Wig Fell Off: Sometimes We Just Need to Laugh By Will Bevis Available through Amazon for $1.99 This e-book delivers on its promise to make you laugh. Not just a chuckle, but a full body down to your toes laugh that heals the bit of our soul that life wears down. …

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No Poetry Today

No poetry today No lyrical musings on life's quandaries No alliteration or clever meter No inspiration demanding to be heard Begging, Pleading for release Just a blank page disappearing With a click and a clack A snap and a tap

Back to the Grind

Today, probably by the time you read this, I will have already walked back into the cafeteria for the first assembly of the year. Some might imagine that I have spent the summer break with my feet up relaxing at the beach, sleeping in and spending whole days in my pj's.  The reality is that …

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