Category: Writing
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Support and Comfort Words for Someone Who is Grieving
If you’re not used to offering words of encouragement after the death of a family member, it can be difficult to maintain contact and show your concern. Finding the right words of comfort for the family can be particularly challenging, especially if you were closer to the person who has passed away than to the…
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“Permanent Record” Review: Ed Snowden’s Great Reveal of Anti-privacy
Edward Snowden’s compelling memoir, “Permanent Record,” is an eye-opening exploration of the dangers posed by extensive data collection and storage. Edward Snowden’s Revelations on Government Surveillance In “Permanent Record,” Snowden unveils the risks inherent in the combination of ubiquitous data collection and permanent storage. Governments, he warns, can use this powerful tool to selectively target…
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A Snoring Hummingbird Totally Deserving of Its Own Blog Post
A cute, sleeping, emerald-green, Peruvian hummingbird, accidentally caught in the deepest of its sleep, snoring like a steaming kettle or, as some of the YouTube comments have cleverly nailed it “a falling grenade”.
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Raising Dogs vs. Raising Kids: 5 Ways to Practice Consistency
I don’t want to be one of “those” people that claim having a dog is the same as having a child. But some aspects of keeping a dog do resemble having a two-year kid. Others are completely different.
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How to Get Noticed at Work
There is one characteristic that separates every successful person from the majority of other people.
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The Woman with a Mustache (Short Story)
People were giving me weird looks, couples whispering to each other, covering their mouths with their hands. I felt like I was in a Victorian era movie and that an unscrupulous ostracizing was waiting in the wings.
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Respecting Nature:How to Use Her Gifts without Creating Harm
In spring, nature boasts in all its beauty, and, as the time rolls out from June to October, we will enjoy in her flowers and fruits as they change colors and spice up the visual panopticon we stand on with an overwhelming sense of abundance. Even in deserts, if you know where to look, you…
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5 Ways to Help Your Dog Thrive if You Need to Stay at Home
Dogs are remarkably resilient animals, surprising us with their fight through incredibly tough circumstances over and over again. But dogs are also social creatures that need the outdoors to thrive. Despite being able to lean on you for social support, staying at home will not be an easy pill to swallow for most of them. …
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Watch ‘Togo’, The Movie (2019): It Will Be the Best 2 Hours You’ve Spent During the Coronavirus Crisis
Scrolling hypnotically through my social media feed in search of some common sense in the current panic-ridden world, I came across a friend who shared how his family filled the self-quarantine hours. His suggestions weren’t altogether alike the examples of parents who do scavenger hunts and agility games to entertain anxious (read: energy-driven) stay-at-home children.…
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“Dodging Satan”: How Not To Raise a Catholic (Book Review)
Dodging Satan: My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood by Kathleen Zamboni McCormick My rating: 5 of 5 stars If we could open up a contest about the world’s most Catholic family, Bridget’s Italian-Irish concoction would definitely top up the rating. The clever girl is raised by the tight glove of religion from both…
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The Alpinist Dog Who Got Lucky After Being Stranded and Freezing for 24 Hours
There is an unspoken pact between humans and dogs: collaborate, cohabitate, and support each other. Many of us have opened their hearts and souls to understand this intuitively. Some are not there yet. But that’s not so important: what matters the most is not which side of awareness you are on, but the depth and…
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