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Parenting & Pregnancy > Teen Challenges How to keep your teen involved in family life

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When your child becomes a teenager, it is natural for her/him to want to spend less time with the family & more time with friends. This development can make some parents feel like they are losing control. The key to keeping time with family a priority is to be flexible. Make a date with your kid. Ask your child what his/her s... More..

Health & Fitness > Therapy & Counseling Can poetry be used as therapy?

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At the risk of being overly biographical, I hereby testify that poetry- reading & writing- has saved my life. When my twelve year marriage neared it's bitter end, my pen was my secret lover. When the doctor gave me a death sentence, my haiku journal was my confessor. When I faced prolonged estrangement from my daughter, free ... More..

Relationships & Family > Dating Commentary What qualifies a man as dating potential?

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Dating potential in a man is one of the most widely discussed topics among single women everywhere. The truth is, what may qualify a man as datable varies widely from woman to woman. From the incredibly shallow "how hot is he?" & "how much does he earn?" to the more thoughtful "do we have compatible goals?" & "do we share the... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Ant hills

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Pyramids in miniature- The monuments to industry unrelenting. If people could cooperate this way, would we better use the time we're spending? More..

Entertainment > Music (Other) Why is karaoke so popular

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Karaoke participants love karaoke for the same reasons skydivers love to jump or track stars love to run. This activity provides the kind of challenge & rush that pushing paper in the cubicle or loading the dishwasher can't. In a world where survival means paying the bills instead of driving a buffalo off a cliff, people are ... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Why I hate reality TV shows

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When I watch TV, it is to satisfy one of three requirements. I watch either to be informed, to be entertained, or to escape reality for a few hours. Reality TV does not fulfill any of the above.Nobody can say they have watched an episode of "Big Brother" or "Beauty & the Geek" & felt that they learned more about the world the... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Black cats

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Green eyes in a dark alleyShredding, scratching the ground that displaysyour furry shadowYou pause too long to preen your bottle-brush tail.The luck is mine-Tonight, I cross your path More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Haiku

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The still tongue concealsa mind replete with new wrathfending off regret More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Ahead of his time

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Like polished obsidian, his eyes still pierce my defenses. Over ten years dead. I tread water in his wake. From a moonshine youth, through a South Pacific tour, Wooing & winning his life's companion, Raising the kids. Winning the bread. Grasping the wheel. Manning the helm. Voice like thunder in my head- still echoes, " Do no... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inevitable

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Tides ebb & flowSuns rise & setThe strictly choreographed waltz of starsA penny in the car ashtrayGreat exhaustion following great joyThe headache following a sugar highA phone call during dinnerThe last wordThe final blowThe end of sorrows More..

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