Monthly Archives: March 2023

My First Date

Posted on March 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was in love with my life. More specifically, I was in love with theatre, music, and girls, all girls—with “Womanhood,” I told my pen pal Judy (above), and so I was “playing the field with enthusiasm.” … Continue reading →

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75 Years Ago

Posted on March 20, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated seventy-five years ago. As is always the case when misguided, violent souls murder the innocent, the end they sought was not attained. The fledgling Indian government denounced and distanced itself from everything … Continue reading →

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True Peace

Posted on March 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

“I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have tribulation. But take courage, for I have overcome the world.” ~John 16:33

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Strangest Rescue Ever

Posted on March 18, 2023 by mitchteemley

Source: Lancashire Climbing and Caving Club The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Gina had been trapped by the … Continue reading →

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The Emerald Isle

Posted on March 17, 2023 by mitchteemley

I’ve always felt a connection to Ireland. The first time I heard Celtic music, I fell in love with the combined sounds of harps and guitars, pennywhistles, fiddles, bodhrán drums and bagpipes–it reached all the way down into my soul. … Continue reading →

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted on March 16, 2023 by mitchteemley

∞ ∞ ∞ The part of me that claims to be Irish salutes the part of you that claims to be Irish! (Actually, my ancestry is about half Irish, and I’m absurdly proud of that half.)∞ ∞ ∞ “For the … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Heart of Brazil

Posted on March 15, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Bloggers this week are Maggie and Richard of Monkey’s Tale, “An Adventure Travel Blog.” And adventurers they are! Canadian writer Maggie and photographer Richard are avid climbers, skiers and hikers, so they spend lots of time in their … Continue reading →

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America Up Close and Personal

Posted on March 14, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir From the Big Orange to the Big Apple! It’s still the longest road trip I’ve ever taken. Our YMCA leaders were a married couple who, along with their two young children Brian and Judy, had signed on … Continue reading →

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How to Avoid Procrastination!

Posted on March 13, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Anticipation Procrastination Anticipation Procrastinay-yay-shun is making me late Is keeping me [and everyone else] way-yay-yay-yay-yay-aiting…” * According to an article in Psychology Today, the number one reason for procrastination is another “ation,” catastrophization, the tendency to … Continue reading →

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Posted on March 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

Eye of the storm: 1) (noun) Calm region at the center of a hurricane; 2) (idiom) Calm in the midst of conflict or a tumultuous situation “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me … Continue reading →

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