creative writing and thinking

This Ruined Castle

7:48 PM
Image This ruined castle, What dusty ruffle, Clouds stone cobble, Earths made rumble, Colorless home once humble, Towering blood glory topple, Rusted tremble, concrete garble.                      Void-made treble.                       Garden hill by the river, Epitaph of the black shiver, Echoes downward forever, Cenotaph of...

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Christmas decors

Christmas Decors from Scrap Wood and More

9:22 PM
For quite some time, the village where we stay has had some concerns with how to dispose of wood from trees felled by strong typhoons and tree cuttings from regular trimming and pruning. It seems that the pile of wood is growing faster than we can dispose of them. Then one bright idea struck which is to use them as decorations instead of...

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events and product reviews

Re-Search: Gender-Balanced Image Searches

10:16 PM
Stereotyping - we are exposed to this play on human perception in every aspect of our lives. More often than not, we tend to overgeneralize and brand people into certain types or groups based on a common practice or characteristic. This kind of judgment usually results to inaccuracies  and baseless limitation. Re-Search seeks to change all that beginning from the way we conduct...

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creative writing and thinking

Three Things You Could Learn To Do in 2017

3:28 PM
When it comes to setting a New Year's resolution, many people see it as a time to try and improve themselves by giving something up, or doing something they don't really enjoy too much but would benefit from, like budgeting or dieting. While these are all good things to do, it can be hard to stick to them, as they aren't really very...

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family and parenting

Parent and Child as Partners in Play

9:49 PM
The idea of parent and child as partners in play may be unthinkable to many. Play is for children, right? Not so, says child psychologists who believe that parents have a big role to play (pun intended) in the seemingly exclusive part of a child's world called play. What Child Psychologists Say Child psychologists believe that parents can help their children develop learning...

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family and parenting

The Importance of Self-care for Moms

6:38 PM
You know when you're on an airplane and the flight attendant says that if the cabin loses pressure, you should put the oxygen mask on your own face before you help your child? As a mom, this advice probably goes against every fiber of your maternal being. After all, aren’t we supposed to take care of our little ones — all the time,...

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family activities

Plan a Family Staycation

8:53 PM
Define Family Staycation: A family vacation spent at or near your home rather than traveling to another location. This vacation option for the family is increasingly becoming popular because it makes sense to: 1. spend less when budget is a major consideration 2. travel shorter distances when time or health conditions of family members are real     concerns 3. stress less when...

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