Category: Odes
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Ode to Rainbows
Perhaps it was just that I saw a rainbow in a blue sky today (There was a storm coming in from the East and blowing a misty rain sideways, but the blue sky to the East allowed the sun to catch the water over the tops of the clouds and refract the light into rainbow…
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Ode to Lemurs
Lemurs are my spirit animal, specifically the Ring-Tailed Lemur. They are the perfect combination of fox, dog, and monkey. The scientific name Lemur comes from the Latin word for a kind of ghost. Meanwhile Ring-tailed lemurs Lemur cattus is either “clever ghost” or “cat ghost”. The name in Chinese is 狐猴 which means “fox monkey”.…
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Ode to World Cup Successes
Being in a country when their world cup team is doing well is electrifying. The majority of the people are excited. They are happier than usual, and the feeling of hope and wonder is almost palpable. There is a huge growth of patriotism as everyone is sporting their country’s colors. They have face paintings of…
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Ode to Connections
Connections join the world. The joining of two things, to concepts, two roads, two lives. Each starts as its own self and gains experiences and character creating what it really is. Then, the meeting of each brings those experiences and characters together to forge anew a single entity moving forward into the unknown creating and…
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Ode to Gadgets
I love gadgets. This is probably because I love tools, particularly versatile ones. They are one of the main things I am actually tempted by in stores, often when I don’t have any personal use for them. It would just be so neat to have a doohickey that can open a can of beans and…
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Ode to Songs with Weird or Elevated Diction
As a part of this post I have a challenge: Without using any references (This is on your honor. Be a decent human being.), see how many songs and either artists or shows you can name from the quotes below. They are in order of when I thought of them :P. Let me know your…
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Ode to Laughter
(At the end of a night filled with laughter at discovering one’s own shadow and light) Laughter is the sound of joy. It is a release of emotions in the healthiest of ways. It is finding something that is not only good in the world but also brings you so much happiness that you have…
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Ode to Food
Food is happiness. They say you can’t buy it, but it is amazing how much food affects my moods for the better. There are so many wonderful flavors and combinations of flavors that there is both endless variety and consistent comfort to be found in food. I am definitely on the sweet side of taste…