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The Pathway of Foolishness - The Good Men Project goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
The Pathway of Foolishness
Fools may not conquer giants, but they live in alignment with ideals that ennoble the self and enrich the world.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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THE LOVE LIST OF A LIFETIME | Kirkus Reviews www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
THE LOVE LIST OF A LIFETIME | Kirkus Reviews
A comprehensive workbook for approaching the end of life with clarity, love, and grace.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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There's No Place - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/theres-...
There's No Place
"I am constantly having to make an upheaval for some reason.” – Sarah Winchester   Winchester Mystery House (opened in 1923) 525 S. Winchester Blvd. San Jose, California               ...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The Pathway of Play - The Good Men Project goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
The Pathway of Play
At its deepest level, play is a form of trust.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Quite Contrary (1865) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/quite-c...
Quite Contrary (1865)
In the film Forrest Gump, Lieutenant Dan snarls at Forrest saying, “They gave you, an imbecile and a moron, the Congressional Medal of Honor.” While President Johnson conferred the award for Gump’s va...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Secrets - The Grief and Happiness Alliance griefandhappiness.com/2025/11/20/s...
Secrets - The Grief and Happiness Alliance
A prodigious act of congress was passed this week that requires the release of the Epstein files. These files would never have been released if it weren’t for the victims who came together after keepi...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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[Daily Nugget] Eat Seasonal and Local
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Sita's curse (1886) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/sitas-c...
Sita's curse (1886)
“But we had the money, or rather it had us. We were held fast in its clutches.” - Evalyn Walsh McLean in her memoir, Queen of Diamonds.     The mystery behind James Cameron’s 1997 Titanic ...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Graves are Always Tidy - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/graves-...
Graves are Always Tidy
Chapter # Graves are Always Tidy “One can give up many things for love, but one should not give up oneself.” -Edith Wharton The Mount (opened 2002 ) Lennox, Massachusetts           ...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Under the Bus (1939) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/under-t...
Under the Bus (1939)
A 1976 slogan coined by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, “Well-behaved women seldom make history,” stimulated the feminist G-spot. The words proliferated on T-shirts, coffee-mugs and bumper-stickers. Although ...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Mary Lincoln House - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/mary-li...
Mary Lincoln House
Eternal “I am bound to the earth with sorrow.” Mary Todd Lincoln after the assassination Mary Todd Lincoln House (opened 1977) Lexington, Kentucky        Stephen Foster’s signature song, ...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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A Practice in Appreciation www.suepattonthoele.com/post/a-pract...
A Practice in Appreciation
Just for fun, take a moment right now to look around—or within—with appreciation. Right this minute, I am telling myself: I appreciate the rain soothing our drought-stricken state. I also appreciate b...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Worth Fighting For (1934) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/worth-f...
Worth Fighting For (1934)
“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”      From the trenches of France in 1920, Hugh Lofting wrote to his sons about a British physician, John Doolittle. Despite the apathetic-sounding sur...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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All the Difference (1898) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/all-the...
All the Difference (1898)
The name Guggenheim conjures the image of an iconic architectural sculpture whose walls showcase the apogee of artistic expression. The eponymous museum is the brain-child of its b
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November 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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The Next Morning (2005) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/the-nex...
The Next Morning (2005)
“My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.” Beatrice Wood   8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd.  Ojai, California 93023      In medieval Florence, Beatrice Portina...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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You Can't Beat (1903) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/you-can...
You Can't Beat (1903)
From time immemorial, relationships have often been expressed through gifts. Some, like Eve’s apple and the Trojan Horse, proved unkind to those who received them, while others  have been odes to roma...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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The Woman in Pink - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/the-wom...
The Woman in Pink
Traditionally pink has been the go-to color for girls, Barbie’s preferred hue, and a mention in a Molly Ringwald film. In the last decade of the 20th century, pink became a ubiquitous shade, evocative...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Mariposas - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/mariposas
Mariposas
“When injustice becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.” Minerva Mirabal Casa Museo Hermanas Mirabal (opened 1994) Tenares, The Dominican Republic      A Hans Christian Anderson story proved pre...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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A Joyful Noise (1963) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/a-joyfu...
A Joyful Noise (1963)
The dust will never settle on stirring lines from speeches such as “Ain’t I a Woman?” “Four score and seven years ago,” and “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” One iconic quota...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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A Civilization Gone with the Wind - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/a-civil...
A Civilization Gone with the Wind
A 1940 photograph captured a pivotal Oscar moment between actresses Fay Bainter and Hattie McDaniel. Today, the black and white image is considered politically incorrect as Fay’s jacket held a fox fur...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Reimagine | Present ’til the Very Last Breath | 10.25.2025 letsreimagine.org/76768/presen...
Present ’til the Very Last Breath | 10.25.2025
A Conversational Workshop on Connection, Presence, and Joy through Aging, Illness, and End-of-Life. | 10.25.2025
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October 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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“Quand Même”            (1844) - Marlene Wagman-Geller marlenewagmangeller.com/blog/quand-m...
“Quand Même”            (1844)
“Slow down? Rest? With all eternity before me?”      Used a letter holder named Sophie made from a human skull? Check. Accessorized with a stuffed bat? Check. Slept in a coffin? Check. And the wom...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Creativity - The Grief and Happiness Alliance griefandhappiness.com/2025/10/16/c...
Creativity - The Grief and Happiness Alliance
Often when dealing with grief people just don’t know what to do. Often, they sit alone and ruminate, not motivated to reach out to anyone or do anything. That can become lonely fast. I watched movies,...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Procrastination - The Grief and Happiness Alliance griefandhappiness.com/2025/09/26/p...
Procrastination - The Grief and Happiness Alliance
Do you ever have a morning when it’s hard to get out of bed? You think about all the things you need to do and maybe feel a bit guilty about not getting started. Or maybe you were planning to fix dinn...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Facing Our Deaths, Living with Love: A heart-opening evening of song, practicalities, and poetry with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer & Sherry Richert Belul - Word Woman www.wordwoman.com/schedule/fac...
Facing Our Deaths, Living with Love: A heart-opening evening of song, practicalities, and poetry with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer & Sherry Richert Belul - Word Woman
Let’s talk about things that matter. In a world full of noise and distraction, it can be rare that…
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October 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM