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You CAN Teach an Old Dog New Tricks!

posted 8 months ago by RobinJackson | 1 comment
Some time ago I wrote about taking dance lessons, something I very much wanted to do and something Roger was reluctant, if not downright resistant, to do. Well, this is an update.

The group lessons were not particularly successful. Yes, they wer...

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The Silent Symphony of a Sunset

posted 8 months ago, updated 13 minutes later by whydicomeinhere | 1 comment
Allow me, please to preface this story with a brief history so you will better understand the mercy the Lord showed me in my life. I was born in England, a war baby. My mother, my brother and I traveled by ship to the US where we resided with him ...

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My Final Speech

posted 9 months ago by RobinJackson | 1 comment
It's been a good while since I added to my blog. I've been bringing the school year and my career to an end. I thought I'd share my final fifth grade promotion speech as my newest entry.

While prior to this day, I've had a few moments when I coul...

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My Grandmother once told me.

posted 9 months ago by ecardshark | 2 comments
My grandmother ruled everything with an iron fist, including her family. She was a no nonsense lady of German descent who stood about 5ft 2in tall and weighted about 160lbs. We not so lovingly nicknamed her 'Sarge' and knew better than to cross he...

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The Cocoon

posted 10 months ago by Nadee | 1 comment
Yesterday, I said goodbye to my little charges and, as always, the last day of school didn't let me down as it was a bittersweet event. The children left a little taller, some a little rounder, some slimmer, a little more knowledgeable and curious...

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Susan Boyle's Beauty on the Inside

posted 10 months ago, updated 27 minutes later by Mentors | 0 comments
By Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D.& Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D.

Thanks to the Internet, we all had a chance to learn a lesson from Susan Boyle when she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" before judges of the TV show, "Britain has Talent." What a surreal and thril...

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The Velveteen Rabbit

posted 10 months ago by justaSeeker | 2 comments
I recently received an email from an online friend, in it they had mentioned that i was "the velvatine rabbit....real". I took the comment as a compliment, though i didn't really know why.

I had heard of 'The Velveteen Rabbit' before, but that w...

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Recess

posted 11 months ago, updated 4 minutes later by RobinJackson | 1 comment
The other day I ate lunch with my lower elementary students. Amongst the many questions shot my direction, one came I couldn't resist. "Will you come out and play with me?" delivered by a wonderful darked eyed first grader. "No" wasn't an option.
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Married to Fibromyalgia: Lessons Learned

posted 12 months ago by LarryPayton | 1 comment
For all the information currently available about fibromyalgia, relatively little exists for fibromyalgia spouses. This is unfortunate, since I know that even the strongest of marriages will be tested when faced with fibromyalgia. Most of what I k...

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Free Piano Lesson Shows You How To Improvise!

posted about 1 year ago by EdwardWeiss | 0 comments
So, you want to learn how to improvise your own music on the piano. Most think this task is difficult. And it is, if you don't know what you're doing.

Fortunately, there is a way to actually improvise and create your own music at the piano withou...

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