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Tag Archives: relationship issues
Once Seen, Never Forgotten, Thrice
Warwick Castle, Warwick I’ve seen this castle three times over the 22 years I lived in England: the first time with my second wife, Suzann, the second time with my mother, and the third time with Dianne. During the third … Continue reading
Posted in family, history, personal, spirituality
Tagged astrology, England, past lives, reincarnation, relationship issues, royalty, United Kingdom
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Her Majesty and the Captain of the Queen’s Guard
Queen Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533 – March 24, 1603) Like an episode of The Crown, astrology can peek behind the royal curtains and witness history in a more intimate fashion: this is the story of Elizabeth I and Sir … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, intimacy, privacy, relationship issues, royalty, secrets, treachery, United Kingdom
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What Marriage is Really Like, from the Wife’s Point-of-View
For Better or For Worse, by Lynn Johnston From Wikipedia: “For Better or For Worse is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran originally from 1979 to 2008 chronicling the lives of the Patterson family and their friends, in … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, empathy, family, frustration, humour, marriage, relationship issues, relationships
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Abandonment: In My Life
When I feel all alone… Of all the pictures that Google presented to me, when I searched for a provocative image of ‘abandonment’, this is the one that resonated. It hearkens back to my childhood of feeling like the outsider. … Continue reading
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Tagged abandonment, childhood memories, memories from childhood, psychology, relationship issues
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Song as Autobiography II
Piece by Piece (2016) Kelly Clarkson has been a prolific songwriter since her American Idol win in 2001. As we saw before, Because of You was written about her mother. But she also had a real issue with her father: … Continue reading
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Tagged abandonment, autobiographical, relationship issues, relationships, song, songwriter
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His Story Through Her Eyes
Jamestown I caught the first episode of this British series on PBS last night. It seems to be a reasonable facsimile of what life in the 1700’s would have been like in Virginia. (Interestingly, it was almost totally filmed in … Continue reading
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Tagged colonies, English, marriage, relationship issues, relationships, United States history
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Crossover Stars: UK to USA
Robert Carlyle In the UK, Robert Carlyle is mostly famous for being in a movie called Trainspotting. His youthful looks and slender physique puts me in mind of a drug addict. So you could say that he was playing to … Continue reading
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Tagged fatherhood, magic, movies, psychology, relationship issues, relationships, television
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Innocent Gesture or Sexual Grooming?
Shoulder Rub I suspect it all comes down to intent. In my last position as a supervisor, I offered a shoulder rub to a female employee, while she sat at her desk, working hard at entering information into her computer. … Continue reading
This Is Us: ‘thirtysomething’ reborn?
Hidden in Plain Sight There is a link connecting these two television series even though they are 30 years apart: Ken Olin. I didn’t start watching “This Is Us” until the second season, in much the same way that … Continue reading
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Tagged family, love, relationship issues, relationships, siblings, television
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Jenny Lind: Art Imitating Life?
The Greatest Showman We went to see this musical yesterday. It was a great show, man! But the greatest? No. Last year’s La La Land definitely had more impact. The difference is probably the result of the passage of … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, history, movies, music, relationship issues, relationships
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