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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 49

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Michael

What is it that lives inside our bodies, and drives our actions? Is it a god, a monster or a ghost? I think that within us are elements of each of the above. As humans, we are susceptible to emotion, … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge – Week 47

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Michael

One of the lessons in life I have learned is to never assume to have knowledge of the limit of how human we are. Around us, we are constantly reminded of man’s inherent evil towards each other, and at the … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 46

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Michael

This was a perplexing task in that the obvious answer for me is to talk about myself again. I could discuss history repeating itself with the orange man, but we know all about that. I was married for 23 years, … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 45 – Climate Denial.

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Michael

Climate change was happening despite all the naysayers and sceptics. The evidence was obvious down on the beachfront. Where once even at high tide there was a thin rim of sand along the waterfront to walk upon now the ocean … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 44 – The Sum of the Whole.

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Michael

I’ve tried a few times to disconnect with life. To withdraw into my own bubble and let everything go. The whole blogging thing gets out of control at times. If it wasn’t that I liked writing so much I may … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 43 – In Death

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Michael

When it all comes down to it, we don’t have a lot of say in what might be written about us or what might be inscribed on our tombstone, if we have one. I remember asking my dad if there … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 42 – Challenge

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Michael

Challenge The challenge sits in front of me, daunting in its literal form. I can see it requires me to step away from my comfort zone, explore the dark patches of my psyche. I put pen to paper knowing there … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 40 – All About 40

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Michael

Lent has 40 days. So we were told. I was brought up in a very Catholic family, Mass every Sunday, no meat on Fridays and Lent we were told were days of fast and abstinence. Each year it was a … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 39

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Michael

It was like a hand from the grave would reach out and grab me, and it took all my will power to free myself once again. This was how it felt during the first weeks of separation from my marriage. … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 38

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Michael

She was beautiful in so many ways. Nature had blessed her with striking physical beauty, the sort you couldn’t help but stare at. But she wasn’t a hollow beauty she contained an inner beauty that captivated me far more than … Continue reading →

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