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Tag Archives: Social work
Leaving a Trail – Forging Ahead
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I have been known as a collector of “treasures.” A few awards, some mementoes collected over time, most given … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged Bobbie Schofield, Do Not go Gentle into that good night, Dylan Thomas, Explore, I went to the woods to live deliberately, magic wands, new directions, new year, New Year thoughts, not to come to the end of life and find I had never lived, retirement, Social work, social worker, Thoreau, to suck out the marrow of life
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Rescue Dogs – On Firefighters and Social Workers
“Disaster Strikes. Almost before the dust settles, the dog and handler teams are there, searching for victims alive and dead. With a sense of smell far more powerful than man’s and an ability to probe nooks and crannies that humans … Continue reading
Posted in Writings by Wordsmiths and Others
Tagged 9 11, 911 Disaster, 911 Memorial, FDNY, FDNY at Ground Zero, Firefighters and Social Workers, Ground Zero, In the Ashes of My Brothers, NYPD, On Being a Rescue Dog, On serving at Ground Zero, PAPD, Search and rescue, search and rescue dogs, September 11 2001, September 11 attacks, Shanksville PA, Social work, Twin Towers, United Flight 93, wolves sheep and sheepdogs
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How Do We Change the World?
“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but knowing that literature is indispensable to the world…which changes according to the way people see it. And if you can alter, even by a … Continue reading
Down in the Valley, the Valley So Low…
I have been through the valley of weeping The valley of sorrow and pain But the “God of all comfort,” was with me To comfort, to hold and sustain. As the earth needs clouds and sunshine, Our souls need both … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings
Tagged angels, Baca Valley, C.S. Lewis, depression, God, Great Divorce, Heaven, in the valley of the shadow, Israel, loss, Pain, Social work, social workers, the hand of the angel, Valley
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In the Ashes of My Brothers – a 9 11 Remembrance of my service at Ground Zero
American history is filled with iconic moments that live forever in everyone’s memory. They change the course of events and drive our collective lives as a people. Some of you could tell of December 7th and Pearl Harbor. I can … Continue reading
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