Tom Boyd
My Brothers
My brother, Bernd D. Gregor, is my only sibling. He is seven years older than me and is a “half” brother. His German father died while...
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Emily Dickinson-Did you Know?
The follow blog post is by Paola Bennett featured on Inspiring Quotes Emily Dickinson is considered one of the greatest American poets of...
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Thoughts on LOVE
Love Thyself ~ by Joel Rafael Love thyself most and best Love thyself day and night Let no feared word cause thee To hate thyself Love...
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Alive
Originally posted in 2019, I am bringing this one out of the archives because it offers perspective along with personal meaning. What are...
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Life Lessons & Lima Beans
I hated vegetables when I was a kid, but I was not allowed to leave the dinner table until I cleaned my plate. Some nights there would be...
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March 8 ~ Reflecting on “The War Prayer” Then and Now
I served in Vietnam from March 8, 1967 to March 7, 1968 as a member of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. Later, I read the following by...
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Friday Thoughts-A World in Need of Healing
This Friday morning, as I look at the world around me, I see individuals, families, communities, countries, and an entire EARTH in need...
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Anne Frank...Perspectives for us ALL Still Today
I came across the story of Anne Frank recently, as told by the group Beaches of Normandy Tours. It was told a little differently, with...
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A Brave & Startling Truth / Maya Angelou
Inspired by the image Earth seen for the first time from the outer reach of the Solar System - Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot - Maya Angelou...
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Pink - In Her Own Words - "Family Portrait"
We must listen to the Artists; to those that communicate outside the boxes of tradition. Artists courageously give voice to the margins...
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Instructions on Not Giving Up
More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out of the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor’s almost obscene display of cherry limbs shoving...
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Bantams & Chess - Here's the Story...
I don’t know how chickens or kids determine who is to be picked on and isolated from their society. Looking back, I believe that chess and
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Meet Pumpernickel - My Best Friend
When I was in middle school my folks moved to the country. One day, they bought home three barnyard (mutts or mixed breed) Bantam chicks,...
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Doorways
Your life is an open doorway where God enters the world. what you say and do, what you notice, what you hold and set down, each is a...
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If I Knew Then…
If I knew then what I know now I would have walked more And ate less If I knew then what I know now I would have given my kids more time...
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“The World is Mine”
Today upon a bus, I saw a lovely maid with golden hair; I envied her—she seemed so gay, and how, I wished I were so fair; When suddenly...
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A Beautiful Reflection on LIFE
“If Tomorrow Starts Without Me”….A reminder that the present moment is all that really IS. If Tomorrow Starts Without Me If tomorrow...
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Quotations on the Time Before Dying
“It is too bad that dying is the last thing we do, because it could teach us so much about living.” – Robert M. Herhold “For my part, I...
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Mule Days
Mule Days Go visit, highly recommended and on my bucket list. May 25-30 2021 Bishop CA https://muledays.org/events/schedule/ I’m Mule...
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Frogs
December 3, 2013 / Boyd & Nicholas Kiss the Frog “You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your handsome prince.” I have a friend...