Tag: Humanism
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Re-Snap: Just Go.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 . . . Little Old Me telling Little Old You to see the world. I experienced my first airplane ride at the age of 24. There’s no extraordinary reason for the delay, really. I grew up in a working-class household,…
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Re-Snap: Alter Ego, Yo.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 . . . Meet the three personalities of SnapDragon X. Hi! Whether you’re new to Snippets of SnapDragon, or one of my faithful readers (I think I’m up to 8?) welcome back to another day in the Blogosphere. Several years…
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Re-Snap: Little Perk-Me-Ups.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 . . . Feeling those Blues? Here’s five of my favorite things that almost always make me feel better: 5. Watch Food Network. While Chopped would not be my first choice of shows when I’m feeling anxious, there are plenty…
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Re-Snap: Sing Out.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 . . . I love to sing. So, so much. Yet I was extremely bashful about doing so for the first–oh–seventeen years of my life or so. I still get self-conscious if I know people are listening; if I’m put…
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Re-Snap: 90s Livin’.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 (There have also been slight revisions.) . . . I came of age in the 90s. And by ‘came of age’ I mean I survived the awkward annals of adolescence. Anyway, while I have no desire (none. zero. zilch.) to…
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Re-Snap: Silent Joy.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 . . . This evening is a quiet one. I sit here in what I call The Reading Room, with the window open and a delicious breeze tickling the curtains. I can hear the faint tolling of a neighbor’s forgotten…
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Re-Snap: Fresh Sheet.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 . . . This is my electronic equivalent of a fresh sheet of notebook paper. I want to take a moment for a “Brain Dump”, the ever-popular strategy of writing down one’s thoughts, frustrations, outstanding tasks, or whatever else needs…
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Re-Snap: Succulent Sunlight.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019 . . . Hello, lovelies. It’s time to open up your little eyelids. Take a look around. Realize that you are a human being; an imperfect creature; a tortoise emerging from the safety of its shell. It’s okay. Life goes…
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Re-Snap: 10 Little Pleasures.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in March of 2019. . . . I read somewhere that making lists can be therapeutic, especially in this ridiculous age of multitasking. It’s quick. It’s easy. It feels like a tiny yet victorious accomplishment. So for my first post in this Like It…
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Re-Snap: Little Cuckoos.
. . . A Re-Issue from The SnapDragon Archives: Originally Posted in February of 2019. . . . I’ve wanted a cuckoo clock since I was a small girl. But it’s one of those things that slipped into the recesses of my mind over the years, kicked to the corner and replaced by a million…