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your ever loving midst by Jeff Flesch

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your ever loving midst
by Jeff Flesch
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eyes,
shining bright,
just like the stars
on the clearest night

when you
first
came into
view,
I began
to retreat,
and you
bid me adieu

for a moment…

holding
hands together
that first time, was
something
extraordinarily
sublime

reflection
can give way
to temptation
of the rarest kind,
so it’s our job
to stay
balanced in mind,
and allow
our hearts to shine

forth,

bearing gifts
that become staples
of a tryst,
we may call upon
in your ever loving midst

@Jeff Flesch

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Welcome to MasticadoresUSA.

MasticadoresUSA was founded byJuan Re Crivello as part ofGobblers/Masticadoresin 2021. Its current editor isGabriela Marie Milton.

MasticadoresUSA features talented writers of poetry and short prose. We primarily publish writers who write in English, and are based in the USA…

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Good Morning Sunshine

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This sunrise photograph was taken yesterday from a scenic overlook along the (new) Foothills Parkway, near Wears Valley, Tennessee. As a bonus, I saw an adolescent black bear roughly my weight (235 lbs.) scamper across the road and uphill into the forest.

If you’d be interested in a print of any variety, then visit my gallery at Pixels to have a look around. There are many print types to select. Other items can also be found in my shop at Redbubble. Thanks!

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This probably makes me a total biotch…

“The now-ex staff were lamenting that they’d have to find new careers…Bloody too right! You can’t work around infectious people, without some sort of protection for them and YOURSELF!

Actually, I take it back…I’m not the bitch, they are. I got my flu shot for the first time last year, even though that’s not’s COVID related. You can see reports where the cold/flu was down last year. More than likely people were getting shots, and the hygiene was SO much better.

I just do not feel bad for these people, but I feel like I’m supposed too.”

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I just don’t feel sorry or anything really bad, for the Health and Medical workers who have been let go, because they refuse to get a vaccine.

Now, if they’ve had legitimate reasons for not getting it like medical, and yes religious, fine. They’ve known for months though this was coming up. Quiet frankly…

Like, I don’t know what to say about the situation. Other than, I just don’t feel sorry for them.

How can you work with the actual most vulnerable and not get a vaccine? Like surely working with COVID patients, you can SEE the impact it has? I’m now working with data entry and I’m STILL getting the vaccine.

My grandfather had emphysema, one winter, he got pneumonia. He went into Hospital, and then contracted MRSA, and that’s what killed him. What if it was one of the staff that passed that onto him? If I ever…

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Day 16/67 of High School in Five Months, sourcing, and Adulting Ed. vs. Libraries

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

The Perfect Squares are the source of exponents, in mathematics.  If we continue to expand the term “adulting” to include  understanding how to determine the original source of key arguments, we see libraries (and especially Reference Librarians…) as fundamental to both Adulting Education any democratic citizenship movement:

Day 16 Lesson Plan
What is a Proper Noun? (“A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Examples are ‘Peggy,’ ‘Tucson,’ and ‘the United Nations.’”)
Capitalizing, Pt. 1, online activity
Using Multiplication Tables for Exponents: Perfect Squares Diagonal
Khan Academy Intro to Exponents online worksheet

Day 16 Exit Question slips

(Day 15Day 17)

Action Items:

1.)  Sourcing information: What might Pro-bono lawyers and the Public Library  have in common?

2.) Write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses one of the…

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The ritual art of Ethiopian coffee

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An Ethiopian lady performing the coffee ceremony. © Mizou

We were always interested in learning the cultural ways of the countries we visited. One of them is the traditional coffee time for Ethiopian people. It was wonderful to taste the delicious coffee and experiencing the ritual way at the same time.

Coffee ceremony of Ethiopia and Eritreais a core cultural custom inEthiopiaand Eritrea. There is a routine of serving coffee daily, mainly for the purpose of getting together with relatives, neighbors, or other visitors. If coffee is politely declined, thenteawill most likely be served.

Loosegrassis spread on the floor where the coffee ceremony is held, often decorated with small yellow flowers. Compositeflowers are sometimes used, especially around the celebration of Meskel (an Orthodox Holiday celebrated by Eritreans and Ethiopians)

Brewing: the ceremony is typically performed by the woman of the household and is considered an…

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