Ties

…cruise control…

She pulled onto the freeway and gathered speed. The trip would take just over an hour and fifteen minutes. Tara set the cruise control and snuggled into the seat with one leg under her. As her memories coalesced, the road faded away.

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Nurdles: It’s what’s for breakfast.

Pour yourself a bowl.

Plastic is now an ingredient in your dinner. It is made of toxic chemicals which do not biodegrade even when they are broken into single molecules. Why would you put it in food?

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Midnight Mantra

Mantra keeps horrible hours.

One day I may well learn not to write in my sleep, but the images are so clear when I do. Often, I awaken in the darkness to the soft night sounds, the occasional thump of a child falling from bed or the dog dreaming. It is the reason I keep a notebook beside the bed.

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A Change for the Better

Branch and blossom

Branch out and blossom.

This week’s Talk Tuesday led us to today’s topic: Change. Did you change because of a goal you set or did it happen as a result of self-realization? Did you discover you could not tolerate a portion of your identity or did a new branch sprout and begin to blossom?

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Pick that up!

How can you change this?

Litter is a plague. It is a worldwide problem. Litter generated on one side of the planet can find its way to the other is as little as two weeks. Are you hanging your head because you are part of the problem or holding it up because you are part of the solution?

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