tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54135184481780553252024-03-27T12:55:54.817-07:00B.J."A" 2 - An Old SoulB.J."A" 2 Is an old soul, is an uneducated, indigent, disabled, senior, finding wings once again to soar above the shortcomings of a past, and a long and checkered career that has taken him down many of life's long and winding roads. In an attempt to become a word smith the hope is that you - the reader - will find your own voice.Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.comBlogger511125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-32808781428456343442024-03-27T12:55:00.000-07:002024-03-27T12:55:12.502-07:00Our World as seniors<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6pJVQgrwxGz0thkfqgz9K2RTmdE-987BTxoXrxoivC8_jHkHzPXppQWsOB6LJDuJOEadFGMOYZMwxEGpWJyKi1qL-RnaePTzlJ7TkmpoQ9KwQZNDhCGNLHYCNYPdqcR23LDUIIvwjUn4Oot9Bpv9KC4C3vR4Sfc7TMFMrTPhf_t2iBuopB04TD9pSI8/s1015/img20240327_12504728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="795" height="677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6pJVQgrwxGz0thkfqgz9K2RTmdE-987BTxoXrxoivC8_jHkHzPXppQWsOB6LJDuJOEadFGMOYZMwxEGpWJyKi1qL-RnaePTzlJ7TkmpoQ9KwQZNDhCGNLHYCNYPdqcR23LDUIIvwjUn4Oot9Bpv9KC4C3vR4Sfc7TMFMrTPhf_t2iBuopB04TD9pSI8/w530-h677/img20240327_12504728.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-72413266998197068912024-03-03T20:04:00.000-08:002024-03-03T20:05:21.104-08:00Lifes Journey<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fzNgnywTqvQ-Z2-KEr5IuameeexN_UDC0YqUym4g6re05zwsDy8nuUwC6WXAEGLRD3LY9YpY5jn7xrv8msYbAy4RCyv-BoyZCU5KssSo8UjX0Iq5IzhUWJn31Z0-ExIZD9VJBNeW02BllsyibwD5lPkALATY_VZMy7kfsJpYebBSmE6Y5v3PYlVQtdw/s1314/img20240303_19205264.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1314" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fzNgnywTqvQ-Z2-KEr5IuameeexN_UDC0YqUym4g6re05zwsDy8nuUwC6WXAEGLRD3LY9YpY5jn7xrv8msYbAy4RCyv-BoyZCU5KssSo8UjX0Iq5IzhUWJn31Z0-ExIZD9VJBNeW02BllsyibwD5lPkALATY_VZMy7kfsJpYebBSmE6Y5v3PYlVQtdw/w577-h626/img20240303_19205264.jpg" width="577" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-27294741786149251612024-02-02T16:20:00.000-08:002024-02-02T16:21:18.149-08:00Spaced Out / Inner Space <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGh7Qe7dJMheccD51zUitBmKZqCH9QFTGKWEDDOsIPvJwQMDGOqnbc95MalXYmpuQ3bdZgzqYstN_hZcxAut_Z1RiDF4QT17-rCfEF_beZ3vnGfyTHmqdCISA-hLvpp8VIYwjoCnQPx3oE3wm9104mdcHSIYf9EH0rSOft0iEmkEUwfqRG9nyl0JfUic/s1351/424983481_7479437842067914_4271090561790765409_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1351" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGh7Qe7dJMheccD51zUitBmKZqCH9QFTGKWEDDOsIPvJwQMDGOqnbc95MalXYmpuQ3bdZgzqYstN_hZcxAut_Z1RiDF4QT17-rCfEF_beZ3vnGfyTHmqdCISA-hLvpp8VIYwjoCnQPx3oE3wm9104mdcHSIYf9EH0rSOft0iEmkEUwfqRG9nyl0JfUic/w617-h411/424983481_7479437842067914_4271090561790765409_n.jpg" width="617" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-50575726963289642002024-01-05T11:50:00.000-08:002024-01-05T11:51:37.423-08:00Beginnings. In between. Endings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6h9ffVkUFQvMh6IvhmmcTDNZA4NxPGnoql6CjbZtgUp2-CxTRgTQ4jELKRNOby_q-z7XJNDmCEhJ_1GVhC5RM0thV76q-uuismTUDtWh235y0lRfSsN1Y-dK45Y4Cu6LOD1GhTPRj0BUtDOSyo2Uxyo6izENazf7l7E5P21NrTcThHtCHm7NJ7gvzLQ/s1019/img20240105_11260605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="913" height="619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6h9ffVkUFQvMh6IvhmmcTDNZA4NxPGnoql6CjbZtgUp2-CxTRgTQ4jELKRNOby_q-z7XJNDmCEhJ_1GVhC5RM0thV76q-uuismTUDtWh235y0lRfSsN1Y-dK45Y4Cu6LOD1GhTPRj0BUtDOSyo2Uxyo6izENazf7l7E5P21NrTcThHtCHm7NJ7gvzLQ/w556-h619/img20240105_11260605.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-52641437916956342992023-12-28T15:24:00.000-08:002023-12-28T15:24:46.567-08:00 Time and history<p> <b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e7e6e6; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 26.0pt; letter-spacing: .5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 60.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-glow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: background1; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 50.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 13500000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-themecolor: background2;">Time and history</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Finally caught up
with this hurricane of my passing of time,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">time that has
given way to moments of contemplation, reflection,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">moments of replication
that have permeated my hours, days, weeks,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">months since that
fateful, September day, when I left the land<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">of my wayward
youth and headed west as a young - old - man.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">That fateful day
got me caught up in a thunder storm<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">that lingers heavily
over my head, crashing down, crushing,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">doing so until January,
when its force unleashes its full furry.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Setting off a
negative charge, sending its destructive forces<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">into this journey through
what was and the coming of its time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Time during this period
spent in front of my one eyed monster<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(( </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">computer monitor </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">))</span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> now lying dormant in the passing of time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Time that allows
me spaces to climb upon and ride words,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">words that lay upon
paper highways leading back into history.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">History of Family warriors
going back hundreds of years,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">history of a
cousin</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">{{</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> E Pauline Johnson </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">}}</span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Tekahionwake .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “A ” </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 48.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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28<sup>th</sup>,2023</span></b>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-61726096504511360282023-12-25T14:39:00.000-08:002023-12-25T14:46:39.712-08:00Christmas for Many<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 36pt; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 60.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-glow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-angle: 5400000; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-fscaled: no; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shadetype: linear; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-stoplist: "21000 \#53575C -1 100000\,88000 \#C5C7CA -1 100000"; mso-style-textfill-type: gradient; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; 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mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-angle: 5400000; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-fscaled: no; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shadetype: linear; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-stoplist: "21000 \#53575C -1 100000\,88000 \#C5C7CA -1 100000"; mso-style-textfill-type: gradient; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">Christmas
for Many</span></i></div><o:p></o:p></span></i><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">Family decorating
the walls of my hours, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">my space, my
memories hoard.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">These four
Beauties are my companions.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">They have been
with me for every Birthday,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">every Christmas,
every New Years for over a decade,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">filling the empty
spaces left by their exotic Angel.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">This Christmas is
no exception as they accompany me<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">through the
declining hours of Christmas Eve<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt;">and into the early
hours of Christmas Morn .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p>
<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"> B. J. “A ” </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 48pt; line-height: 106%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-80709819455912129062023-11-25T11:41:00.000-08:002023-11-25T11:42:09.804-08:00Passing of Time<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh50vtMZFdRyObpZ2wXN9ZmulLldUY2qyM8FtzrqIZ_HSo_k7jxzkA6ftHpKW9AzwXITnySqjwOg6qqruwidaRlKCj250ITgVQHVlKeIrEfs_K3ouFjOKgBaAs9-nTlg6EAYo62O9S6hN46z-JIKQbsg8F7EbduGouTnPe2psgcEGDURAbwJn2LRfMzpQ0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="1056" height="1070" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh50vtMZFdRyObpZ2wXN9ZmulLldUY2qyM8FtzrqIZ_HSo_k7jxzkA6ftHpKW9AzwXITnySqjwOg6qqruwidaRlKCj250ITgVQHVlKeIrEfs_K3ouFjOKgBaAs9-nTlg6EAYo62O9S6hN46z-JIKQbsg8F7EbduGouTnPe2psgcEGDURAbwJn2LRfMzpQ0=w562-h1070" width="562" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-27580484057555339172023-11-19T09:52:00.000-08:002023-11-19T09:52:36.883-08:00Reflections<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 60.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: yellow; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-reflection-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-reflection-angdirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-angfadedirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-reflection-angleky: 0; mso-effects-reflection-dpidistance: 4.725pt; mso-effects-reflection-dpiradius: .5pt; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphaend: .05%; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphastart: 55.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctendpos: 85.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctstartpos: 0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsy: -100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-angle: 5400000; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-fscaled: no; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shadetype: linear; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-stoplist: "21000 \#53575C -1 100000\,88000 \#C5C7CA -1 100000"; mso-style-textfill-type: gradient; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">Reflections<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As one who has
walked upon this earth, taking many a path in this plain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Known sorrow,
laughter, joy, heart ache, love, hate and the ache of pain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As one who has
savored the taste of many unconventional dishes,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">exotic cuisine
from many nations, worlds beyond any of my wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The infinity of
one, not but fleeting glimpses of a delicious moment<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">swiftly traversing
life’s rocky roads towards an end and then spent<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">in the remaining
hours of ones expeditiously passing life’s journey,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">into ones memory
hoard, into the unfathomable depths of eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “A ” </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 48.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">November
</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">18</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">th</span></sup></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">2023</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-9196553957531608772023-05-10T13:33:00.004-07:002023-11-19T09:53:17.261-08:00Have you ever been made to feel ???<p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkkSEK1rg77tfWvn9XeqlILT-NVucl7IQehxuO4d8TXDl_w7FI4R1bRl57PpEf9mWUyp85zqm2KjRLOlU_ExeAjPYdXu8H_ms2BVfBHaaolzBgMT0W40HU8qf1XQgHRK_8empLHIOZWL8e7IrJTqhQkhCjvP6K4hqXQ6mUI4ly3dL_-CyuFs9ETY3/s1209/img20230510_13285710%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1209" height="503" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkkSEK1rg77tfWvn9XeqlILT-NVucl7IQehxuO4d8TXDl_w7FI4R1bRl57PpEf9mWUyp85zqm2KjRLOlU_ExeAjPYdXu8H_ms2BVfBHaaolzBgMT0W40HU8qf1XQgHRK_8empLHIOZWL8e7IrJTqhQkhCjvP6K4hqXQ6mUI4ly3dL_-CyuFs9ETY3/w608-h503/img20230510_13285710%20(2).jpg" width="608" /></a></div><p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-40853690786982044422022-12-07T14:55:00.001-08:002022-12-07T14:55:51.782-08:00Brown marmorated stink bug<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNNxN30ItjyA-vVrGLuedVqomYNTNbJVvlPs4lxmVJmrsw8tf_oLjiCOgkLEnDpb4gjaqfXlM9IaTY8UDD-WZURbxMuiRhqrI6bozbpxhielWLA6_ATiVZI93-o-2bmacDHsaY_pg-8S6o0ShxVw_QH8Jf569KrRLSTgZp_GUG-sZOgtE_PQlQmvA8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="2034" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNNxN30ItjyA-vVrGLuedVqomYNTNbJVvlPs4lxmVJmrsw8tf_oLjiCOgkLEnDpb4gjaqfXlM9IaTY8UDD-WZURbxMuiRhqrI6bozbpxhielWLA6_ATiVZI93-o-2bmacDHsaY_pg-8S6o0ShxVw_QH8Jf569KrRLSTgZp_GUG-sZOgtE_PQlQmvA8=w577-h472" width="577" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-6566242172264755762022-10-14T12:38:00.001-07:002022-10-14T12:38:41.736-07:00Life for the Aged<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #4472c4; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: #1464F4; mso-effects-glow-colortransforms: satm=175000; mso-effects-glow-rad: 5.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: accent5; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #8FAADC; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: white; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themecolor: accent5;">Life for the Aged<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age comes with
an eighteen wheeler’s load of hurt.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age comes with
the rest of life, permeated with pain.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age comes with
loads of memories, experiences missed.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age comes with
loads of memories, experiences to relish.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age becomes
moments for reminiscing, looking back into the past.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age becomes
the catalyst that brings one to memories that once were.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age becomes
the walls that block one from experiences, no longer able to be.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age becomes
the barrier that prevents many from living the life they once did.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age becomes
the obstacle to journeys, to adventures once prolifically brought light.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old age becomes
the impediment that has brought life to these very unfulfilling moments.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “A ” </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 48.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: white; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themecolor: text1;">October 12<sup>th</sup>, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-34388289005493439842022-10-12T09:59:00.005-07:002022-10-12T10:00:15.820-07:00A Story<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEha68oEwi1f5w-a6Kzz_K25Sx7PIfMM32iTWXU4uKGOLwx7bcBI7hZPXucPaeapMxtK81-KqmEZW1lUaBckPh33bcv9BP9lQ-E2H4NgVoYii0ALe_y-_xYS0KFQrBFp4FWohZB7U6AlvJGQB-vwxm8HtxMWzNs9MlUCyPrR8K75jwG_PitFGaLtgTZD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="2287" height="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEha68oEwi1f5w-a6Kzz_K25Sx7PIfMM32iTWXU4uKGOLwx7bcBI7hZPXucPaeapMxtK81-KqmEZW1lUaBckPh33bcv9BP9lQ-E2H4NgVoYii0ALe_y-_xYS0KFQrBFp4FWohZB7U6AlvJGQB-vwxm8HtxMWzNs9MlUCyPrR8K75jwG_PitFGaLtgTZD=w600-h537" width="600" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-46380167992410670582022-05-06T12:50:00.007-07:002022-05-06T12:52:35.729-07:00Grave Yards<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL9jeHlq_Kp14QuXKCpSyVhMSFS0ERGTJIJr1w6gQnbdWfxPhmG_vd57ak-Si21O9JuQtE7nGUJCNJqYtnXH84NxVX6XidLlXjKqQd1LSdo17zepdoS_q9Vu5ehOlrY8s1FgOjNIQfszl6hDKDsNM8Py7XzA4SUC2KE_2vTQNy41TF9kg8RPhCxdb/s2542/img20220506_12313276%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="2542" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfL9jeHlq_Kp14QuXKCpSyVhMSFS0ERGTJIJr1w6gQnbdWfxPhmG_vd57ak-Si21O9JuQtE7nGUJCNJqYtnXH84NxVX6XidLlXjKqQd1LSdo17zepdoS_q9Vu5ehOlrY8s1FgOjNIQfszl6hDKDsNM8Py7XzA4SUC2KE_2vTQNy41TF9kg8RPhCxdb/w627-h528/img20220506_12313276%20(2).jpg" width="627" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-42828459065695118432022-03-04T21:04:00.003-08:002022-03-04T21:05:49.080-08:00At Last <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMVT9zJ0du0tHbU5qncH_brHLd2FJl7LYIzHj10NEIYdiErnF_cbX-yXUIMR7I311_OQ0RT6NJ5QaI4wvo26gE_q-9MmQYHU-C1x8pnp7kw6zPAPRVwxrUU2h6Iviyn-wh0HtO9cmf7VNkG4gkEjH4HVhcFuAwCynUX9wt4FtW5Drw0liIwA8hquvw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2096" data-original-width="2146" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMVT9zJ0du0tHbU5qncH_brHLd2FJl7LYIzHj10NEIYdiErnF_cbX-yXUIMR7I311_OQ0RT6NJ5QaI4wvo26gE_q-9MmQYHU-C1x8pnp7kw6zPAPRVwxrUU2h6Iviyn-wh0HtO9cmf7VNkG4gkEjH4HVhcFuAwCynUX9wt4FtW5Drw0liIwA8hquvw=w640-h625" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-55814977159243800602022-02-05T14:49:00.001-08:002022-02-06T03:08:10.519-08:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 36pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bevel-capbot-bevelstyle: 0; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiheight: 0pt; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-bevel-captop-bevelstyle: 2; mso-bevel-captop-dpiheight: 3.0pt; mso-bevel-captop-dpiwidth: 2.0pt; mso-bevel-dpicontour: 0pt; mso-bevel-dpiextrusion: 4.5pt; mso-bevel-material: 12; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: #FFF000; mso-effects-glow-colortransforms: satm=175000; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: accent4; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-themecolor: accent4;">Soupers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To the worlds of Poets out there.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thank you for showing you care.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In knowing you have read my word.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The meaning, the essence you have heard.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This, for the most part, I just discovered.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Poetrysoup, in an email yesterday, uncovered</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">nine full pages of your comments and praise.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This flattery, these honors, the bar doth raise.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I will have to become more diligent at my hobby.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be more grateful to those who have stood by me.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thank you one and all !!!<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As Always Bill .</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 28pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “A ” </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: red; font-family: French Script MT;"><span style="font-size: 36pt;">2</span><span style="font-size: 48px;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">February 5<sup>th</sup>,
2022</span></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-45201638697130792012021-12-08T11:14:00.007-08:002021-12-08T11:14:41.945-08:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-reflection-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-reflection-angdirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-angfadedirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-reflection-angleky: 0; mso-effects-reflection-dpidistance: 4.725pt; mso-effects-reflection-dpiradius: .5pt; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphaend: .05%; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphastart: 55.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctendpos: 85.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctstartpos: 0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsy: -100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: background1; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: white; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themecolor: text1;">Shadows of the past<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Fleeting glimpses of a Beauty,
shadows quickly slips by.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Memories of a time, come
alive, in the corner of my eye<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">coalesce for a moment, then
ashes upon the winds of time.</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Years have wasted away,
hanging on, letting go, this rhyme,<br />
the final voice to say so, will allow Beauty, to become the past.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Always wondering why
memories of, remained so steadfast.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Clinging tightly to experiences
of what was, no longer can be.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Will this be, the closing of
this book, will this soul finally see<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">the folly of clinging to a dream
that dissipates upon awakening.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">A</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">” </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>D 20</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">ecember 8<sup>th</sup>,</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">21</span></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-72288874344801446342021-11-23T21:53:00.007-08:002021-11-23T21:53:47.553-08:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e7e6e6; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 36.0pt; letter-spacing: .5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: #1464F4; mso-effects-glow-colortransforms: satm=175000; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: accent5; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 50.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 13500000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-themecolor: background2;">A tear drop<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Skies cry, and cry, and cry,
and cry.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">A tear drop forms, it metamorphoses.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">It freezes, becomes a snow
flake.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Snow flake upon snow flake upon
flake</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">merge, become a blanket
atop mountains.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Time passes and they again metamorphose<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">melt, join as one to become
a trickle<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">sliding down the sides of rugged
mountains.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Once again merging with so many
to form<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">streams, brooks and with
moving force<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">become mighty rivers
flowing onward,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">onward to become a whole,
the world oceans.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Skies cry, and cry, and cry,
and cry<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">for their tear drop no
longer innocent and pure<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Within them are all the poisons,
the pollutions<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Mother Earth and mankind have
spewed into the air.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">They, the rain, the air we breathe
carry within them,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">within their genetic makeup,
all the poisons, the pollutions<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">that feed Mother Earth and feed
mankind, by his hand,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">by his greed, has planted the
seeds of our future demise.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">One has to wonder just how
wise is mankind ???<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">He poisons our lands, our
seeds, our food stuffs!!!<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Organic or animated, it is
all the same to corporations.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Fill them with, spray them
with chemicals that kill.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">A</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">”</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 48.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">November</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> 23</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">rd</span></sup></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-59089783550660368952021-11-02T11:33:00.001-07:002021-11-02T11:33:44.288-07:00Mandy<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 28.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-reflection-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-reflection-angdirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-angfadedirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-reflection-angleky: 0; mso-effects-reflection-dpidistance: 4.725pt; mso-effects-reflection-dpiradius: .5pt; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphaend: .05%; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphastart: 55.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctendpos: 85.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctstartpos: 0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsy: -100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: background1; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: white; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themecolor: text1;">Life’s experiences .<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Life’s moments, on the run,
a caterpillar<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">becomes a chrysalis slipping
into the future<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">after years of hibernating in
memories hoard.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">After years, and years having
slowly slipped by,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">out of the chrysalis emerges
a beautiful butterfly,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">carrying on its rainbow
coloured, gossamer wings,</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">into the ether, where voices,
lyrics so clearly sings,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">of, brings to the fore,
memories, for so long buried<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">beneath ones years,
experience hidden, long carried</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">A</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">” </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: dark1; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">August </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: dark1; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">30<sup>th</sup>. 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-52284224080901870422021-07-27T12:05:00.002-07:002021-07-27T12:08:22.078-07:00Journeys<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #5b9bd5; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 60.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: blue; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #6E747A; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 2.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><span style="background-color: white;">Journeys </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Slipping from our feeble
hand,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">fall thousands of grains of
sand.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Tumbling past our finger
tips.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Always on their own trips.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Guided by the hand of fate<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">towards our life’s final
state</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">upon this little blue
planet, this plane.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">A journey leaving behind all
the pain</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">once felt throughout time,
inflicted,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">lingering on, dwelled upon,
conflicted.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “A” </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">July 27<sup>th</sup>, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-63289326804148483122021-07-16T13:46:00.005-07:002021-07-27T12:07:17.983-07:00In the air<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4IU3VQIWE139L_ELJfBVmAfK5K1zigaXpACYQ6QL7m6RsmDuagCXHoJk5ojBazwQPnIYLirqaxixC5wKHDDWhnCay7vpfrymM_XwfiB13fA-gUYlbbC4Ph1YnNbB0pC2a7HQH9EpYtM/s1970/img20210716_13365562+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1753" data-original-width="1970" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4IU3VQIWE139L_ELJfBVmAfK5K1zigaXpACYQ6QL7m6RsmDuagCXHoJk5ojBazwQPnIYLirqaxixC5wKHDDWhnCay7vpfrymM_XwfiB13fA-gUYlbbC4Ph1YnNbB0pC2a7HQH9EpYtM/w586-h523/img20210716_13365562+%25282%2529.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-483041448872740432021-06-18T21:55:00.003-07:002021-06-18T21:56:04.661-07:00To be or not to be ???<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLxvMaqI5vKMsDjcV7vdKMEBLE7yzUPQ0m47Tno_IwrV7mWZwGhP7g26PSrV_DkBhUdqHZnYVX2KYNu2O95iGg72RfOdbOxnu3-wSHvkcBbqA-4lrhKbRMu1jyrmAxkrExpEfq2RhQgI/s2048/img20210618_21442949+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1262" height="881" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLxvMaqI5vKMsDjcV7vdKMEBLE7yzUPQ0m47Tno_IwrV7mWZwGhP7g26PSrV_DkBhUdqHZnYVX2KYNu2O95iGg72RfOdbOxnu3-wSHvkcBbqA-4lrhKbRMu1jyrmAxkrExpEfq2RhQgI/w543-h881/img20210618_21442949+%25282%2529.jpg" width="543" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-43549677760936423452021-05-24T14:07:00.003-07:002021-05-24T14:07:57.385-07:00Hendrik Lenis <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnmVfjSTpUfWVHomXLh0C3AwRrmOfgU8_XHIl0v2VQX622bpwcAYS6tW6ujaMB4dloEvwEE5cNI2IXGOvmRb9_pZBqdkentvfbWzLP5TFvCCUPRDR2QB5NcIMu70iJnhTdzvJkCjLt8Y/s2048/img20210524_12362900+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1289" height="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnmVfjSTpUfWVHomXLh0C3AwRrmOfgU8_XHIl0v2VQX622bpwcAYS6tW6ujaMB4dloEvwEE5cNI2IXGOvmRb9_pZBqdkentvfbWzLP5TFvCCUPRDR2QB5NcIMu70iJnhTdzvJkCjLt8Y/w477-h760/img20210524_12362900+%25282%2529.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-71536238096914316722021-05-09T13:43:00.000-07:002021-05-09T13:43:47.650-07:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 60.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: black; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: text1; mso-effects-reflection-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-reflection-angdirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-angfadedirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-reflection-angleky: 0; mso-effects-reflection-dpidistance: 4.725pt; mso-effects-reflection-dpiradius: .5pt; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphaend: .05%; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphastart: 55.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctendpos: 85.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctstartpos: 0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsy: -100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 50.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 10800000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-angle: 5400000; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-fscaled: no; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shadetype: linear; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-stoplist: "21000 \#53575C -1 100000\,88000 \#C5C7CA -1 100000"; mso-style-textfill-type: gradient; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">Dementia vs. Alzheimer's<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: white; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themecolor: text1;">Dementia<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">is a general term
for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life.</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: white; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Alzheimer's</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: #7F7F7F; mso-effects-shadow-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 1.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: white; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">is the most common cause of dementia.
Alzheimer's is a specific disease. Dementia is not.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Could these diseases
be a prelude to Birth ???<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A time when we
lived with cosmic consciousness.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A time when we
lived within the primordial ooze,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">the security of
our biological mother’s womb.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We first see the
harsh light of our days<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">as we slip through
the holy of holies,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">that gap between our mother’s legs.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The world we knew,
lost for ever.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A new
consciousness begins to take hold<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">and before long, awareness
is what we’ve been told.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Brain washing created
the creatures we have become.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are but the
influences, the dictates, the whims of some.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Many have stood
up, stand on their own feet, never succumb.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Live out their
lives on their own terms, suddenly they are numb.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Life’s journey,
experiences, memories become elusive hallucinations.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Many live in an
empty box, white walls void of meaning, no illuminations</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dementia, Alzheimer's,
a scourge upon man’s life, his brain.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No longer will
memories of the here and now remain.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No longer will man
be what he was, never again<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">to know, to recall
as it all goes down the drain.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In this dark world
of Dementia, Alzheimer's, filled with pain.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Inside ones head,
anxiety, frustration fears, and tears falling like rain<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">as one hangs, desperately,
tooth and nail, onto specks, slivers of life’s refrain,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">realizing, in
moments of lucidity, there is little, to nothing much, one is able to gain .</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “A ” </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">April 9th</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">2021
</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413518448178055325.post-71034184845864211212021-04-25T18:06:00.000-07:002021-04-25T18:06:54.836-07:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-effects-glow-alpha: 60.0%; mso-effects-glow-color: black; mso-effects-glow-rad: 8.0pt; mso-effects-glow-themecolor: text1; mso-effects-reflection-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-reflection-angdirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-angfadedirection: 5400000; mso-effects-reflection-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-reflection-angleky: 0; mso-effects-reflection-dpidistance: 4.725pt; mso-effects-reflection-dpiradius: .5pt; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphaend: .05%; mso-effects-reflection-pctalphastart: 55.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctendpos: 85.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctstartpos: 0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-reflection-pctsy: -100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-angle: 5400000; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shade-linearshade-fscaled: no; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-shadetype: linear; mso-style-textfill-fill-gradientfill-stoplist: "21000 \#53575C -1 100000\,88000 \#C5C7CA -1 100000"; mso-style-textfill-type: gradient; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">An Old Warrior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This old man, sward in
hand, takes a stand<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">against the Provincial,
the Municipal man.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The power hungry, with
all the appropriate tools,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">who treats us, his
constituents, his voters as fools.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our voices are stilled,
silenced by political oratory<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">as they convince us of
the sincerity of their story.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>They operate, under the
radar, with </b></span><b>impunity</b></span><br /></span></i><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">whether they are innocent
or they be guilty.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This old man, sward in
hand, takes a stand<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">against the Provincial,
the Municipal man.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I think that I have
reached the end of my rope<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">as I battle with the
powers that be, without hope.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Three years, ten years without
satisfaction,<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">not the courtesy of a response,
nor reaction.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ignore, and eventually I
will simply go away.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This is the game they both
choose to play.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The powers that be will
always get their way.<br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For us old warriors,
not much left, but to pray.</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">B. J. “A ” </span></i></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 36.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 30.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.8pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textoutline-fill-color: #4472C4; mso-style-textoutline-fill-themecolor: accent5; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .8pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: solid;">2</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bevel-capbot-bevelstyle: 0; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiheight: 0pt; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-bevel-captop-bevelstyle: 2; mso-bevel-captop-dpiheight: 3.0pt; mso-bevel-captop-dpiwidth: 2.0pt; mso-bevel-dpicontour: 0pt; mso-bevel-dpiextrusion: 4.5pt; mso-bevel-material: 12; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">April </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bevel-capbot-bevelstyle: 0; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiheight: 0pt; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-bevel-captop-bevelstyle: 2; mso-bevel-captop-dpiheight: 3.0pt; mso-bevel-captop-dpiwidth: 2.0pt; mso-bevel-dpicontour: 0pt; mso-bevel-dpiextrusion: 4.5pt; mso-bevel-material: 12; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">25</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bevel-capbot-bevelstyle: 0; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiheight: 0pt; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-bevel-captop-bevelstyle: 2; mso-bevel-captop-dpiheight: 3.0pt; mso-bevel-captop-dpiwidth: 2.0pt; mso-bevel-dpicontour: 0pt; mso-bevel-dpiextrusion: 4.5pt; mso-bevel-material: 12; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">th</span></sup></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bevel-capbot-bevelstyle: 0; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiheight: 0pt; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-bevel-captop-bevelstyle: 2; mso-bevel-captop-dpiheight: 3.0pt; mso-bevel-captop-dpiwidth: 2.0pt; mso-bevel-dpicontour: 0pt; mso-bevel-dpiextrusion: 4.5pt; mso-bevel-material: 12; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">, </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bevel-capbot-bevelstyle: 0; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiheight: 0pt; mso-bevel-capbot-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-bevel-captop-bevelstyle: 2; mso-bevel-captop-dpiheight: 3.0pt; mso-bevel-captop-dpiwidth: 2.0pt; mso-bevel-dpicontour: 0pt; mso-bevel-dpiextrusion: 4.5pt; mso-bevel-material: 12; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">2021</span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>Wmshakespearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07996419643932673070noreply@blogger.com0