Category: Odes
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Ode to Tea
Tea is cultured. It is subtle and varied. It can come in a ton of varieties, and it is only possible because we have risen out of nature to be able to both warm water and put non-poisonous plants in that water to make it more delicious. In this way, it has a fusion of…
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Did you know: cloud cover
that the Earth has about 60% cloud cover at any given time?
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Ode to the Pentatonix
The Pentatonix are a musical blend. Their music is a mix of classical, polyphonic harmonies and pounding, popular tunes. They take some recognizable hits and convert them into something new and exciting while they also have their own, original songs. Their medleys are some of the best musical tributes to other amazing artists I have…
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Ode to the Olympics
The Olympics are inspiring. There is nothing so much as the Olympics that gets me motivated to get out and do sports. It is truly amazing what these people accomplish and how far their road has taken them. They have risen to the top of their sports, and the Olympics are the time that they…
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Ode to Getting Up to Do Something Cool
People have finicky sleep schedules I suppose, but getting up to do something cool is where the best memories are built. It starts out extraordinary because you have gone outside your normal pattern to wake up and get out the door in the first place. You feel weird to start. Often there is a long…
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Ode to Driving Winding Roads
Driving winding roads usually means the terrain is complex. Complex terrain is usually very interesting and very beautiful. Thus, driving winding roads usually means there is something neat to look at. This also means they are probably more dangerous as far as being in the car with me because I am often looking at the…
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Ode to My Garden
My garden is a sanctuary. It is the product of over 26 years of work: digging, rock-moving, planting, cement-working, land-sculpting, flattening, re-planting, sports-facility making, re-planting, weeding, re-landscaping, raking, cinder moving, weed-cloth stretching, re-planting, terracing, plumbing, watering, pruning, re-planting and all the other little tasks that go into nurturing plants and building a landscape. My dad…
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Ode to Sunrises
Sunrises have all the beauty and promise of a new day. They take any circumstance, even pollution and turn it into something beautiful. They show that in this way a new beginning can change everything. Interestingly, it is not the passing of night that really embodies the promise of the sunrise but the cleansing of…