Tag: random musings
member name: Roberta Moto
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September 26, 2008 03:09 PM EDT --
An atheist was walking through the woods. He didn't wonder about the creator of the majestic trees or the powerful river. He gave no thought to the divine plan of every living . . .
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October 30, 2008 01:31 AM EDT --
Since it is almost Halloween I thought I would share some of my superstitions. Do you have any superstitions? My are mainly around numbers. I checked my Gather account tonight and saw my Gather points . . .
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September 30, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
In some communities in Alaska we don't celebrate Columbus Day. We call it Alaska Native Heritage Day. Just because we feel it isn't appropriate for us to celebrate someone who brought death . . .
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September 28, 2007 08:13 PM EDT --
In the high arctic we are used to extreme periods of light and dark. When I was a teen we traveled down to "the States" in the spring time. It was an educational experience for me. It was strange . . .
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September 19, 2007 06:26 PM EDT --
In one of my classes we did a grief line. Starting from our earliest memory we wrote done the major events in our lives that caused us grief. We had to think on how we had handled grief in the past after . . .
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November 26, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
Walking in the arctic evening
I see the moon as a small disc in an endless sky
The elders have told us shamans would send their spirits to the moon
How could this little thing inspire a race . . .
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November 05, 2008 09:19 PM EST --
posted on youtube by moonfortyfour
Warren Zevon interview and performing Mutineer on his last appearance on David Letterman. Enjoy
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September 21, 2007 06:29 PM EDT --
The Inupiaq culture in mind seems to revolve around ancestor worship. I think this is the basis of our culture despite the fact that we don't go that deep into as the Chinese. One of the elders that . . .
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September 14, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes
an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day
he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” ~ Alden Nowlan . . .
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September 18, 2007 08:09 PM EDT --
Someone on a different site just asked me if the ABC show Men in Trees is anything like the real Alaska. Finally understand the name of this group. Let me tell you about ARCS. It stands for the Alaska . . .
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December 17, 2008 06:14 PM EST --
Let me start by apologizing. I have been off line for quite awhile and just getting back into everyday things like Gather, classes, and work. I am working my way out of depression. My family has . . .
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September 25, 2007 03:59 PM EDT --
The mountains are turning blue and purple
The hills are all brown and red
The surf and tides are protesting the change of season
Soon they will be encapsuled in ice and snow
The tidal flats have changed . . .
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March 05, 2008 07:58 PM EST --
I am going back and forth in my mind about the issues revolving around Universal Health Care. Some people say the government should provide the same amount of health care for all its citizens because . . .
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November 04, 2008 09:04 PM EST --
I am lost, empty, feeling down. There has been tension and negativeness around me. I tend to freeze or withdraw when under emotional stress so I am looking for ways to improve my emotional health. I came . . .
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September 17, 2007 03:16 PM EDT --
I was debating with myself about faith. Faith isn't just thinking everything will turn out for the best with no work on your part. I think that faith is understanding the world isn't perfect but . . .
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February 13, 2008 02:08 PM EST --
For one of my college classes I have to take for my job as a counselor we watched a great video. It was a series done in the 1990's by Father Micheal Oleksa. He discusses how things got the way they . . .
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August 08, 2008 09:08 PM EDT --
I watched the video, haven't read the book but maybe I will check to see if it's in the library. Couple of thoughts came to mind while watching it. It is a great movie, beautifully done, great . . .
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July 31, 2008 02:40 PM EDT --
When I was young my sister brought me to Pennsylvania for Christmas to visit one of my other sisters. We drove down to Washington DC for one or two nights and visited alot of the sights. One place I remember . . .
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June 02, 2009 06:54 PM EDT --
thought you guys would appreciate this as well.
Maribeth
I'm invisible. It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while . . .
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October 04, 2007 06:39 PM EDT --
You never know how much useless garbage you are saving until it is time to move. We got the keys to a four bedroom house. We needed the space. We were in a two bedroom with four of our five kids living . . .
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