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Safety

Thought I would share some safety tips sent to me by my step-mother.

1) Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, DO.

2) If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM! Toss it away from you . . . chances are that he is more interested in your wallet than you, and he will go for the money. Run like mad in the other direction.

3) If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car,…

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Added by Diane Brown on April 12, 2010 at 11:41pm — 1 Comment

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I like this woman,
The one I am becoming.
She's very pretty.

Added by Jami Ward on April 12, 2010 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Anne Frank, Neighbors, and Memories...







I just watched “The Diary of Anne Frank” on PBS. I found myself in a bit of a teary puddle afterwards, and a memory came to me.



When I was a very little girl, our next door neighbor lived only a driveway’s width away from our house. A whole family lived there, but the person I remember most was named Joanne. I didn’t know her well, but she played a role in our home.



Our house… Continue

Added by wiffledust on April 12, 2010 at 12:03am — 14 Comments

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It is all out there;
It is all inside of us.
The cosmos starts here.

Added by Jami Ward on April 11, 2010 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

My forgotten alma mater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW5WPA9Uhw


A brief video and narrative about the place I learned everything worth knowing: my alma mater- Hillside School, D-108, Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma.

Added by Rick Reiley on April 11, 2010 at 10:16pm — 6 Comments

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Rain on a tin roof.
Precipitation makes noise
That pulls me from sleep.

Added by Jami Ward on April 10, 2010 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

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Energy flows in.
Love cries out to love for help.
Energy sent out.

Added by Jami Ward on April 9, 2010 at 8:25pm — 2 Comments

The fan

I think I may have told this story here, but since I'm doing a series on paranormal experiences, I am sharing it again. This was one of the more memorable experiences in my life so far.


One night I was in bed watching TV, my wife and kids were asleep. All of a sudden I heard the vent fan turn…
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Added by Barry Parsons on April 9, 2010 at 7:58pm — 1 Comment

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The owls are flirting.
Orion slides down the sky.
Dark velvet spring night.

Added by Jami Ward on April 8, 2010 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Old Lyric- Empower Me Jesus

Written a few years ago when faced with a simple task for which I felt ill suited to carry out. It served and continues to serve it's purpose.



'Empower Me Jesus'



(intro)

Be kind, be merciful

Feed bodies and souls

Don't fear the madness

That sometimes takes hold

The greatest power you'll know

Grows from within

When you open your heart

And let Him come in.



Empower me Jesus

Embolden me Jesus

Lift me up… Continue

Added by Rick Reiley on April 8, 2010 at 12:15pm — 3 Comments

Things that go bump in the night - part 2

So we go back to the haunted ghost tour of Branson. We were in a place that had once been a building, but now there was just a concrete floor and a couple of partial walls. A few things had happened there, among them the kidnapping and murder of a woman and her child. All night I was snapping pictures all over the place in hopes of catching something. At one point I was standing at the edge of this place, zooming in on the place we had just visited a couple of buildings… Continue

Added by Barry Parsons on April 8, 2010 at 12:48am — No Comments

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I just had it here.
I've lost an entire evening.
Internet time suck.

Added by Jami Ward on April 7, 2010 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Things that go bump in the night - part 1

My next paranormal story happened just a few months ago. While we were living in Branson, MO we decided to go on the local "ghost tour of haunted Branson". I wasn't expecting much. I've been on haunted tours before, they've all been basically the same thing. Someone walks you around telling you ghost stories of this house, that old park, etc. There are always people who have been on the tour who have seen things. On a tour in Wilmington, NC we were even greeted at the door of a house. The owner… Continue

Added by Barry Parsons on April 6, 2010 at 11:37pm — 9 Comments

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My eyes are sleepy
And the rest of me is, too.
Oh. There was no rest.

Added by Jami Ward on April 6, 2010 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

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I wait. You don't come.
I go. You go somewhere else.
Is that a friendship?

Added by Jami Ward on April 5, 2010 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

The truth is out there.

My last blog post was about one of the most memorable paranormal experiences I've had. The experience I'm sharing now happened in the same house, but it's totally different. The house has been known to have strange things happen. You could hear the front door open and close, and sometimes hear footsteps but no one was there. Or you could hear the trashcan lid open and close in the kitchen when the room was seemingly unoccupied. This story goes into a different realm, the realm of… Continue

Added by Barry Parsons on April 5, 2010 at 12:40am — 4 Comments

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Good friend in the car,
Riding virtual shotgun.
I love my cell phone!

Added by Jami Ward on April 4, 2010 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Let Ignorance Be Bliss



'Let Ignorance Be Bliss'

copyright 2010 by Rick Reiley





Did you ever get the idea or the notion

That you really don't…

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Added by Rick Reiley on April 4, 2010 at 2:30pm — 7 Comments

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Here there be dragons!
For some, that is a warning;
For some, a challenge.

Added by Jami Ward on April 3, 2010 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

My American Journey installment 16

I thought I might stop at the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona to eat. It's a fully restored Fred Harvey hotel, harking back to the thirties in every way. But alas, I didn't feel like stopping there either. On to Flagstaff, and over the mountains to Seligman, a tiny town where they advertise the birth of Route 66. My youngest son Sam and I broke down there once, years ago, on the way back to California from Bluewater Lake. Ended up spending several days while the Aerostar was being fixed. It… Continue

Added by David Vidal on April 3, 2010 at 10:19pm — 3 Comments

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