Tag Archives: insight

Don’t Just Survive–Live!

Posted on May 29, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. It is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.” Happy birthday, G.K. Chesterton. He was born on this date in 1874. … Continue reading →

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Seeing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Posted on October 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Beauty abides in common things If only we choose to see it And grace will turn our limbs to wings If only we choose to free it ℘  “Often, when we blame our artists for painting ugly things, they … Continue reading →

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the day after

Posted on January 29, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Tetiana (Tati) Aleksina of Unbolt Me. English is not Tati’s native language, but you’d never know it. Her unexpected, sometimes startling (and occasionally profane) poetry is more nuanced than that of most born-to-it speaker/bloggers. … Continue reading →

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Who Am I?

Posted on November 16, 2019 by mitchteemley

Two more questions may answer the question: What would I die for? What do I live for?        “What am I living for? and What am I dying for? are the same question.”      ~Margaret Atwood “It … Continue reading →

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The Gallery of Sin

Posted on May 15, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Vera Poh of To Dad with Love Poetry. Vera is a Melbourne, Australia-based writer whose thoughts and feelings never fail to intrigue me. There’s the immediate effect: thoughtful and insightful, sometimes witty, always visceral. … Continue reading →

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Just Snap Out of It!

Posted on March 13, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Valerie Cullers of ValerieCullers.com. Like me, Valerie is a faith-driven writer who reaches out to a broad spectrum of people–believers, nonbelievers, and everyone in between. She is transparent, curious, and insightful–I never fail to … Continue reading →

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Christmas Alphabet S : Silent Night – The Everly Brothers, Sinead O’ Connor & Low

Posted on December 26, 2018 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Thom Hickey of The Immortal Jukebox. Thom may be a Cambridge-educated intellectual, but his soul is Irish to the core. Result: His inexhaustible knowledge of all forms of music (rock, jazz, blues, classical, folk) … Continue reading →

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