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To the Sea

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge      The end of the year brings about an opportunity to reflect on the passing year.  One fond activity I experienced was the opportunity to join the local Photographers' Club as they traveled to the Outer Banks in late October to take a photography workshop with a local photographer.  It was not my first visit to the Atlantic Ocean, but it was my first visit with a single agenda to only take photographs of the Outer Banks with my new camera.  We set out late morning to Hatteras Island and our first stop on North Carolina Highway 12 was the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge known for its historical Pea Island Life Saving Station.  I really needed a stronger lens to capture the migratory birds there, so focused on the flora and the varieties of shrubs that grow on the island, such as this canopy of shrubs that framed this couple as they exited the refuge via the path along the island's pond.   M...
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Viral and Guerilla Marketing of our Youth

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Mountain Top Fog "What happens to a society when there aren't any little children anymore - when all you have are 50 year olds living inside of nine-year-old bodies?" (Winkie Pratney) "According to MarketingVox [a strategic marketing consultancy], the total amount of money spent by or for teenage consumers in 2012 will be $208.7 billion" ( Youth Marketing ).      As I read through my old Last Day Ministries newsletters that I mentioned in a previous blog, I am reminded why I saved these newsletters.  As a former youth counselor, parent and educator, I was touched by their articles, such as Winkie Pratney's  "Contract on Children". Part I: Contract on Children Part II: Contract on Children Part III: Contract on Children LDM Magazine      As I read again and reflected on these articles written 30 years ago, I believe that the assault on youth is as strong as ever and at all age ...
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Trials Turned to Gold

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          Autumn is now underway and the leaves are turning gold and if you are reading my blogs you know I have a lot of time on my hands and I am spending that catching up on a lifetime of paperwork that I felt was important to save.  Once upon a time I thrived on reading, but now post-concussion I find it difficult to focus on in depth reading, but enjoy snippets of news.  I am reviewing old news as I am reading through the things that inspired me over the years.  Out of the attic has come a box of my treasured notes shared from friends which included a couple newsletters from Keith and Melody Green's The Last Days' Ministry so as I write this I am listening to the adult music of the child prodigy, Keith Green, which can easily be found on a variety of internet sites including the Last Days Ministries website.  Reflecting on his short life, his wife, Melody described how his music of se...
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