Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner

You might remember the line "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" delivered by Johnny Castle (played by Patrick Swayze) at the climax of the romantic 1987 film, Dirty Dancing. The movie told the story of a teenage girl's (Frances "Baby" Houseman played by Jennifer Grey) rebellion against her father as she pursued her dance instructor, …

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The Sacred Bond – An End to Mediocrity!

A friend of mine asked what it was like to work with a wild hawk. I had to think for a minute as there are few words that adequately clothe the sacred bond that can emerge between bird and falconer. The first word that came to mind was "noble." Hawks, and I am sure other …

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An Ode to my Friends on a Hot Summer’s Morn’

"I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better." ~Plutarch Sympathy is the death knell of a good friendship. Empathy, on the other hand, is a restorative balm that heals life's cuts and scrapes. Sympathy says to another "you are right to …

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