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The featured image in this post is from one of my favorite weekly photo challenge themes, “Waiting,” from September 2017.

Preemptively missing The Daily Post? Seven-plus years of posts means there are tons of resources (including many you’ve probably never seen, so they’re new to you) to keep you inspired and busy. They’re not going anywhere, so you can come here and dig in at any time.

To get you started treasure-hunting in the archives, here are some of our favorite posts, handpicked by Daily Post contributors — and some of yours!

Michelle

Picking a few favorites was hard! So I cheated, and picked one roundup post and one series: “The Principles of Design” posts, by our in-house designer Kjell, is an incredible collection of resources — from color to font to layout — with wealth of accessible tools for even the most design-challenged among us…

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RE-CREATION

The hands of

the Mighty Artist

gather the broken pieces . . .

into such splendor!

Such beauty created!

Tears of sadness transformed

to tears of joy!

By Martha L Shaw – © 2018

 

 

TWO MIRRORS

Ah, the juxtaposition of 2 Martha’s . . .  one who fusses over being perfect in every way but feels always to have failed, the other follows her Lord seeking to reflect only Him.  That one forgets the self,  and seeks to do more for her Beloved.

Oh, the challenge of being human. . . and the realization of which reflection brings true joy!

 

COURAGE REDEFINED

If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.

– Sir Ken Robinson –

 

Tuesday Chatter Weekly

MEET NEW FRIENDS!

DANCING

There is something so restful

about a rainy day!

My worries are washed away

and whether they return

or not

I REALLY COULDN’T SAY!

The music of the droplets

beckon me along

for I cannot simply sit!

Refreshed,

I must dance to their song!

By Martha L Shaw – ©  5-3-2018

Doppelgänger? Eeeeek!

I am a northeast girl living in the south and it has taught me much!  I never met a Doppelgänger (that I know of) but moving here introduced me to lots of large and small scary looking potential ganger types anxious to make my acquaintence!

HELP!

ARE THESE Doppelgängers ?

DO THEY CONSIDER ME DINNER?

No More Daily Post?

THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW!

Curious Steph

I’m bummed. I don’t always read Ben Huberman’s posts, but when I saw yesterday’s title in my feed, which included Thank You, followed by an opening line of “Saying goodbye is hard”, I had a bad feeling.

The Daily Post with its daily prompt and other cues and supports for blogs is going away. Its been around a while, over seven years. As someone who has been blogging less than a year, I find this disappointing. Once I started using the prompts last summer, I’ve become both more regular in my writing, and have developed an increasing appreciation of the opportunity provided by the appearance of a semi-random word each morning. My response to the prompt varies, ranging from a long blank space to a flood of ideas. Almost every day at least something makes it into a post. Its good exercise for me.

I’ve met other bloggers, and of…

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LOVE . . . EXTINCT???

Christians, as well as any other “religious” groups I have heard of, are raised with clear values ESPECIALLY love!

HOW TRAGIC IT IS that our news broadcasts, paper and electronic communication seems CLEARLY to alert us that love has become ARCHAIC!

LET’S WORK TOGETHER AND SAVE LOVE FROM EXTINCTION!

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Blessed and Refreshed

 

In the earliest moments of morning

While traffic outside is quiet,

The family sleeps,

The dog is still . . .

My stress disappears . . .

It’s just you and me.

I have all I need

And more!

By Martha L Shaw – ©  5-3-2015