Category: Be Radical
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Who are You?
We are considering getting our family DNA kits. Looking at our children and imagining where certain traits come from is captivating. Why is one sibling tall and the others short? Why are certain family members good at some things and struggle with others? Since we are a blended family, there is the question of genetics…
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Why Bother?
We recently read an article that said the average income for a published author is less than 10k a year. If you factor in that Ebooks are easily pirated and copyrighted material is easily duplicated, the average income drops significantly. One reason that we O’Garas offer ebooks exclusively through Amazon is that if a Dear…
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Sometimes You Need a Little Time
I have taken a few days off from writing. Before my short break I had posted to this blog every day for 569 days. I was a little disappointed in myself for breaking my streak, but I needed the time to regroup. I need space to think about where my writing was going. By taking…
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Endings are Beginnings
We have reached the end of a story. It’s the end of one tale and the start of the next. It’s easy to be happy about beginnings. Endings can go either way. They can be happy or sad. It depends on your story. Your story has starts, stops and transitions. It will end for good…
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Stories are all we have in the end.
“We are all stories in the end, just make it a good one eh?”― The 11th Doctor Matt Smith I love this quote from Doctor Who because it is true. All we are at the end of life is the stories told about the good and bad of us. It is up to us to…
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Do you read?
Do you read? Books are all the things you’re thinking of right now. Books are movies in your mind’s eye while you are reading. They are tickets to far away lands, windows into other humans’ lives and vessels to worlds unknown. Books are a way to connect with other people who share the same interests…
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Don’t hide Your Awesomeness
Every human has a little something that makes them special. It may be something strange or unusual. Maybe you like to read weird books. No matter what your thing is don’t hide it from the world. Those who your thing irritates don’t count in the big scheme of things, now do they?
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Reading is an acquired taste
Humans who love reading do not understand others who don’t enjoy reading. We readers look at the non reading humans like they are aliens. Think of it this way. Not everyone likes tacos or chocolate. I’m not sure why but they don’t. Reading lovers unite! Let us the book lovers push our love for reading…
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Day 138
Being a human #138 Protect the elders and the littles among you. Humans are most vulnerable during their first years and their last. It takes more than a village to raise a child and protect our legacies.
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 