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LIFE, AS WE WROTE IT

The family journal.

It began with Stephen’s blog in 2005. Along the way, the family pulled up a chair. Here are our stories, thoughts, and everyday adventures, from newest to oldest.

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Oct 7, 2013 · Duke Pasquini

Regret and Disappointment

I volunteered to take my grandson, Lucca, to soccer today. He was excited. Wendy dropped him off at our house around 8:30. I was just getting out of…

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Aug 10, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini

Design and Totally Random Thoughts Late at Night

I spent the day designing two website, or I guess I should say re-designing. I love this part of online work. The problem is I tend to get…

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Jul 29, 2013 · Duke Pasquini

African Americans in America

One of my high school classmates recently sent out a blurb about how unfair it was that Pat Buchanan was fired for the things he said about African…

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Jul 23, 2013 · Duke Pasquini

Stop Stealing Dreams

I tried posting this in response to something Stephen wrote at 4 Hour Life and it was deleted by hashbash or something like that, so I'm posting it…

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Jul 20, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini

Layla and Amara – Singing and Talking

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Jul 20, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini

Tomorrow Never Comes – by Norma Cornett Marek

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul…

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May 25, 2013 · Duke Pasquini

Books I’ve Read Since January of Last Year

These are the books I read since last year. Actually physically read on my tablet, hardback, and paperback. I listed them below. I found a favorite author, Chris…

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May 23, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini

I Used To Be Awesome!

We start out in life thinking that we're awesome. We can dance in public as 5-year-olds and not care what others think of us. By the time we're…

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May 21, 2013 · Duke Pasquini

America

I ran across this video from a movie (Don't know the name of the movie) and have sat on it. Finally decided to post it. It's called America…

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May 12, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini

Santa Cruz and It’s Homeless – Attack Poverty, Not The Poor

[pullquote align="right"]"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars…

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Apr 13, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini

Three Days With the Kids

I have had such a great 3 days with the kids. For the first time in so long, I put everything aside. The blogging, the web dev. and…

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Mar 30, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini

Why and How I Spend Time

People tell me I am wasting my time. People tell me it is all about money, that time is money and unless we convert time to some tangible,…

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