Category: Life
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My Final Message
Originally posted on The Blog of Otis: My Disciples, If you are reading this, I have departed. Let us first just acknowledge the weight of that. Our journey together was not nearly as long as I hoped it would be, but please know that it has been an honor to have met so many wonderful…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon
The original fifty shades of gray . . . Sometime the horizon is the thinnest of lines, a subtle demarcation separating the heavy sky from the frozen winter lake. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. ”Horizon” was this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the…
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Honoring Their Memory on 9/11
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV
The penny is an underappreciated piece of currency. Undervalued, taken for granted, often discarded! But, for college-bound high school seniors, every penny begins to count as they look toward college costs. Shifting from the idea of fun pocket change to funding education — one’s point of view, and stage in life, makes all the difference.…
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A Minute of Your Time Could Help A Student Win a $500 Scholarship
Friends, readers, and anyone else who happens to stop by . . . yes, this is a shameless plea to help out my son Charlie with one of his scholarship pursuits! As you know from some of my other posts, I have a senior in high school this year, and he is starting on college…
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