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Magic Ties and Changing Minds
My experience with the Rock Voices was pretty lukewarm. I had introduced myself to people around me at rehearsals. I tried to engage with...

Jae
Jan 18, 20194 min read
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Random Ramblings in the New Year
January 11, 2019 Here's a few random ramblings. My intentions for the new year are focused around taking care of me better which means...

Jae
Jan 11, 20192 min read
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Back to the House at Pooh Corner
I was showing a friend, a coworker, how to see houses on Google maps the other day. She was excited. We looked at her house in England,...
Mel Jones
Jan 3, 20195 min read
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Kites and Ballons: Review Mary Poppins Returns
I saw Mary Poppins Returns yesterday and I have mixed emotions. Mary Poppins was my favorite movie growing up. And as an adult it still...
Mel Jones
Jan 1, 20193 min read
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Remember What the Door Mouse Said...
So here’s my list for 2019. Everyone needs a list, I’m big on lists. So much to be done; this list barely touches my goals. 1. To finish...
Mel Jones
Dec 31, 20185 min read
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Poetry by Nick Jones
Head bent, shoulders hunched Staring at the screen Constantly scrolling Now typing away Time for a new post Instagram, Facebook Snapchat...
Mel Jones
Dec 30, 20181 min read
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Cosmic Signs
This is my third attempt at starting/middling/ending this essay. The first two drafts just sort of disappeared. The writing program got...

Jae
Dec 28, 20183 min read
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Quinn: The Encore
When I was a kid, we’d sing the song there’s a hole in the bucket. There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There’s a hole in...
Mel Jones
Dec 27, 20183 min read
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And So This Is Christmas
I annoy people at Christmas. I don’t celebrate, I don’t buy in. It’s too much to buy. Life is complicated enough without the stress of a...
Mel Jones
Dec 26, 20183 min read
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It's Only Words
Originally posted August 2016, but still so very relevant in content. The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate,...
Mel Jones
Dec 23, 20186 min read
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Level Up (by Josh Jones)
Josh is my grandson, a budding writer, and he wants to write regularly. As every writer knows the best way to become a better write is to...
Mel Jones
Dec 20, 20182 min read
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Not Enough (by Amber James)
When I first read Luis Alberto Urrea’s By The Lake of Sleeping Children, I was living in a small town in Arkansas, had no experience with...
Mel Jones
Dec 18, 201815 min read
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The Show Must Go On - The Death of a Teacher, Director, and Mentor
Don Cox was in the hospital. If the images in your mind have been influenced by ER and The Good Doctor, you would be right. He was...

J.T. Hosack
Dec 12, 201831 min read
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Not Merely a Tree (by Phyllis A. Duncan)
Our Tree Not long after I bought my first house in Northern Virginia, my then significant other found a tiny maple sapling in the scruffy...
Mel Jones
Dec 11, 20184 min read
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Bridges Ice First
As I watch the snow fall Deep, thick, cold I think about the homeless Cold and alone under Bridges icing first. As I drive country roads...
Mel Jones
Dec 10, 20181 min read
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Chickens: An Encore
Originally posted February, 2011. Like stories about Ryan, posts about Quinn went on for quite some time, look for future Quinn stories....
Mel Jones
Dec 9, 20183 min read
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If Only I Were Sleeping
38yrs ago today, at roughly the 6am hour, I rose from my bed, walked down the stairs, flipped the power to the stereo on. John Lennon’s...
Mel Jones
Dec 8, 20181 min read
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Beach Walk
As I drive up over the crest and start down the long hill, my pulse quickens at the the sight of the sun-brightened waves. Calm or...

Jae
Dec 7, 20183 min read
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Angry White Men
That’s a thing. Angry white men. They are furious that the world doesn’t belong to them anymore. Poor babies. Not all white men, but...
Mel Jones
Dec 6, 20182 min read
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Why is That Important? (Ed Cook)
Over the last few years, in the classes I teach, I have started each lesson with a review of current world economic events since the...
Mel Jones
Dec 4, 20183 min read
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