January Challenge…Back to Books Something very near and dear to me is reading. Briefly…when I tested recently released inmates many moons ago, I had to administer a reading level test. Many of those I tested could not read at the 3rd grade level. To take the MMPI, they listened to a recording
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01/31/2025
Scouting for Food-Fill Your Bag! It’s time to fill the brown paper bags left at our doors by our local Boy Scout Troops! This Saturday, February 1, Scouts will pick up bags of non-perishable food items. These in turn are distributed to local food banks and pantries. Non-perishable food items yo
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01/30/2025
Gung Hay Fat Choy Today is the beginning of the Lunar New Year otherwise known in my world as Chinese New Year. The festivities begin today and continue for 15 days ending with the Lantern Festival. Transitioning from the Year of the Dragon to theYear of the Snake. Most people think of the Chine
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01/29/2025
Tuesday’s Treasures…They Put a Smile On My FaceLarry and I went out this past Sunday to Meyer Park, where we walk on Sundays. During soccer season, we often see five or more games being played on the various fields. Our paths take us on the edge of the fields. We looked for one of our friends…Mr.
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01/28/2025
Motivational Monday…What’s Your Chocolate Cake? When I read that today is National Chocolate Cake Day, my thoughts turned to late nights at my desk trying desperately to stay awake while reading a statistics book. I was in grad school and while I loved what I was studying, some of the books were…
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01/27/2025
Posts Just For You- This Week at ActiveRain January 19 to January 25, 2025 Every day there is something to learn here at ActiveRain. With this series, I highlight posts that gave me that lightbulb moment. It could be something techie, a post about Real Estate or other professions, about a place
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01/26/2025
This Week...A Memorable WeekWhat a week! We honored a man whose inspiration crossed all lines…age, ethnicity, male, female, religion, etc., and who was taken far too soon. Snowflakes are pretty patterns etched in water's dreams. Anthony T. HincksWe observed something this country was founded on
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01/25/2025
Friday Fun…Gifts to Others & Yourself There are two things being celebrated today. Both can and should be celebrated every day. Both are gifts to be shared with others as well as yourself. Today is Global Belly Laugh Day and National Compliment Day. There is nothing I like better than an all-ou
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01/24/2025
January Challenge…One Ringie Dingie When I was a teen, the big “thing” was talking on the phone with your friends. We'd spend what seemed like hours to our parents talking to our good friend we'd just spent the day with in school. The smartphone had not been invented so it was a regular rotary ph
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01/23/2025
Wordless Wednesday…Yes, It Snowed! We may get hurricanes and the occasional tornado but SNOW??!! We woke up Tuesday to snow flurries. I’m still a kid when it comes to snow, so I was up and out the back door when it was still dark out!You know you’re in trouble when Jim Cantore (The Weather Channe
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01/22/2025