Monthly Archives: March 2024

Your Are Cordially Invited…

Posted on March 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

To Enter Another World! I normally post episodes of my full-length fantasy The Wishing Map on Saturdays, but I’m in the studio today, so allow me to refer you back to the start of this magical little epic. Each segment, … Continue reading →

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Photoblog Mania!

Posted on March 22, 2024 by mitchteemley

I enjoy posting photoblogs themed around topics that are beautiful, poignant, fascinating, surprising, funny… But today, instead, I thought it might be fun to do a montage of images from previous photoblogs themed around, well, previous photoblogs. So, enjoy! And, … Continue reading →

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The Final Rite of Passage

Posted on March 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

โ€œGrief never ends, but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith, it is the price of love.โ€ ~Darcie Sims Five years ago this week, my … Continue reading →

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Sprinter is Here!

Posted on March 20, 2024 by mitchteemley

โ€˜Round now weโ€™re all pining to revel in spring But seasonal timingโ€™s no guaranteed thing Transitional days like these are un-scenic Thermometers glaze and turn schizophreenic So stop being moody and โ€œso over winter” Put on your hoodie and celebrate … Continue reading →

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Engaged!

Posted on March 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

Engagedย  [inหˆษกฤjd, enหˆษกฤjd]ย Definition: A state of being firmly and continuously connected.ย  E.g. โ€œA car cannot move until its gears are engaged; when they are disengaged, it ceases to move forward.โ€ Thought for the Week My wife and I got engaged … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness + Love = Freedom

Posted on March 17, 2024 by mitchteemley

Even the Romans feared the Irish. For centuries they avoided the people Julius Caesar called โ€œmore savage than any other race.โ€ When the newly Christianized Roman monks finally arrived in the 5th century, they looked down on the Irish barbarians. … Continue reading →

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Encourage Others!

Posted on March 16, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image source: 1 Peter 4:8 “It almost always takes someone other than yourself to show you how to believe in yourself.” ~The Wishing Map ฯ†

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Believing in Yourself Again

Posted on March 16, 2024 by mitchteemley

The Wishing Mapย is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode clickย here. To read it from the start, click here. Wracked with guilt, Zack had entered a strange cottage while his sister … Continue reading →

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Animals: They Have So Much to Teach Us

Posted on March 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

If only we’ll listen. Click on any picture to enlarge it, to read captions, or to begin slide show. “Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.” ~A. A. Milne “Clearly, animals know more than we … Continue reading →

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Castles in the Air?

Posted on March 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

Which type are you? That’s not a painting, it’s a photo of a real hot air balloon created by a renowned European craftsmanย whoย dreamed it and built it! “The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your … Continue reading →

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