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Daily Quote: John H. Jackson

BONE TIRED Nature Bone tired weary From our Indus­trial assaults Rav­en­ous greed The trees Have migraines John H. Jackson, Ocala FL 1993

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Christmas Play 2012: Elements of Christmas

Since Dayneé and I worked together to produce this year’s Christmas Play, it is only fitting that we should upload it to the Morning Show Blog! “Elements of Christmas” follows the KNOM Volunteers as Eva’s twin sister, Sarah, wreaks havoc across Alaska and the North. Each volunteer discovers a special power, and are aided by some unique [...]

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Daily Quote: Philip Gilbert Hamilton

In learning to know other things, and other minds, we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves, and are to ourselves better worth knowing. Philip Gilbert Hamilton

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Daily Quote: Walter Bruggeman

“The Christ Child is about to be born, the one promised by the angel. Mary’s “fullness of time” has arrived. Except that the birth is scheduled according to the emperor: A decree went out that all should be numbered. Caesar decreed a census, everyone counted; Caesar intended to have up-to-date data for the tax rolls; [...]

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Daily Quote: Joyce Kilmer

“Love is made out of ecstasy and wonder; Love is a poignant and accustomed pain. It is a burst of Heaven-shaking thunder; It is a linnet’s fluting after rain.” -Joyce Kilmer

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Breakfast Wednesday: Orange Chicken and Waffles

Still have some whole wheat pancake mix left over from last week? Let’s use it to make waffles! But, what shall we top the waffles with? Oh! Orange sauce and pulled chicken! This takes a VERY LITTLE amount of prep work. If you throw the chicken into the oven when you get up, it’ll be [...]

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Daily Quote: Martin Short

“The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family’s attention and love.” – Martin Short, Parade Magazine (January 23rd, 2000).

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Daily Quote: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Yet with the woes of sin and strife The world has suffered long; Beneath the angel-strain have rolled Two thousand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not The love-song which they bring; O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing. -Lyrics to “It Came Upon a [...]

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Living in the Future: Thorium Reactors, Muscular Robots, and Moon Crashings

The country of Norway has elected to replace old second-gen nuclear reactors with a thorium fuel supply. Unlike traditional Uranium reactors, Thorium cannot be used to produce plutonium, and is more commonly found in the Earth’s crust. It’s been used before, but because it doesn’t make plutonium, it was dismissed during the arms race of [...]

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Daily Quote: Anne Lamott

“My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get [...]

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