Month: September 2016

The Good Old Days

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it’s the old story of no food in the cupboard of only the strong survive of bending but not breaking of how the old dogged reporter gets the scoop shares secrets about the emperors of coin of having proof changes nothing   The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #56 | Scoop | Share | Proof | Bend | Secret | Image from The New York Public Library: Lewis Wickes Hines, “One of the many young newsboys […]

Magnetic Cafe Musings

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In one of those lazy web-browsing afternoons, I stumbled onto Fast Company’s site with the post “Stream These Coffee Shop Sounds to Boost Your Creativity,” which opens with: There’s a reason that so many telecommuters choose to work in coffee shops instead of their living rooms: working in moderately loud environments where noise levels reach approximately 70 decibels (like coffee shops) breeds creativity, according to research that we first wrote about last year. A new […]

Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge (9.24.16)

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And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don’t want any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive. ~ Albert Camus, Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays   If you wish to participate in the challenge, check out the MPSC Guidelines page or just jump to the magnetic poetry web page to create your own poem with magnets.

Friday Magnetic Musings

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Along with my apologies for the late posting of last week’s magnetic offerings, I would like to offer my appreciation to those who participated. So now for some magnetic wisdom to start the weekend: Merril, “Night Birds” Leara, “Thriving” rivrvlogr, “Make Peace” Deb, “The Waterfall” Crow, “hauntings and wakefulness”