#journey — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #journey, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.evshift.com/526634/the-volvo-xc90-plug-in-hybrid-ready-for-every-journey/ The Volvo XC90 Plug-in Hybrid. Ready for every journey. #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #Hybrid #Hybrids #Journey #PlugInHybrids #PlugIn #Ready #volvo #xc90
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I Had Sumptin’ In Mind
But just like that it’s gone, poof.
No, I really did forget so who knows what comes of this.
Football
I guess I’ll talk about the new sidebar images first. Big Al is back for another season along with the schedule which will highlight how our season progresses. We came out shaking with inexperience and nervousness and stayed that way through the first half trailing by 4 at halftime {13-17}. Settling down in the second half we were able to shut them down and come back to win 45-17 .
I had given up on Texas by half-time and went to bed. Damn it, I missed a comeback that had to be epic. I was soooo happy to see this upset happen, a beautiful gift to all of college football and a great game for Michigan to watch unfold. Oregon? losing Will Stein hurt this team tremendously and it shows. Sorry Willie but if they don’t kick butt the rest of the year you might miss out on the playoffs.
Caffeine & Nicotine
Let me pour another cup of delicious dark roast and talk about the coffin nails I have been hammering since 1967. This time around I have managed to drop from 1 1/4- 1 1/2 packs a day to 2 cigarettes a day on average, still have a few days where no matter what I try it don’t happen and I over indulge on them, but hey, I’m trying.
Crawling into the day
Baby Steps? naw, just not in the Fastlane today. I am passing on the prompts and challenges I love to do and not practicing my vocals either. So what’s up in the dawghouse you ask? NADA, NUNTIN’ HONEY. I am going outside to enjoy some 70 degree weather with sunny skies. I was given an album this morning and want to give it a spin today, “The Bangles” ‘Different Light’, it has ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ and ‘Manic Monday’ on it. I wasn’t a big Bangles fan but will add it to my collection which brings the total to 568 albums. I am buying another one that comes out on the 18th or 19th which was never put on vinyl when it came out, only CD. Bob Seager’s “Face The Promise”, a fantastic rock and roll album from one of the masters. {A three song tease}
https://youtu.be/tJi_T9QrLtc?si=vn5K70LLTbidbJnh
https://youtu.be/OkA_0jvf5ac?si=F8g0UJP7yswuhF6t
And my favorite from this album.
https://youtu.be/xoBt8PknCZ8?si=J-RLvQwv3iVo6vS4
Can’t wait for this wax to drop!!!
S1426 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com
#Alabama #BobSeager #Challenges #coffee #collegeSports #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2884 #football #journey #life #love #lp #music #newVinyl #newWax #rockAndRoll #RollTide #SEC #writing -
I Had Sumptin’ In Mind
But just like that it’s gone, poof.
No, I really did forget so who knows what comes of this.
Football
I guess I’ll talk about the new sidebar images first. Big Al is back for another season along with the schedule which will highlight how our season progresses. We came out shaking with inexperience and nervousness and stayed that way through the first half trailing by 4 at halftime {13-17}. Settling down in the second half we were able to shut them down and come back to win 45-17 .
I had given up on Texas by half-time and went to bed. Damn it, I missed a comeback that had to be epic. I was soooo happy to see this upset happen, a beautiful gift to all of college football and a great game for Michigan to watch unfold. Oregon? losing Will Stein hurt this team tremendously and it shows. Sorry Willie but if they don’t kick butt the rest of the year you might miss out on the playoffs.
Caffeine & Nicotine
Let me pour another cup of delicious dark roast and talk about the coffin nails I have been hammering since 1967. This time around I have managed to drop from 1 1/4- 1 1/2 packs a day to 2 cigarettes a day on average, still have a few days where no matter what I try it don’t happen and I over indulge on them, but hey, I’m trying.
Crawling into the day
Baby Steps? naw, just not in the Fastlane today. I am passing on the prompts and challenges I love to do and not practicing my vocals either. So what’s up in the dawghouse you ask? NADA, NUNTIN’ HONEY. I am going outside to enjoy some 70 degree weather with sunny skies. I was given an album this morning and want to give it a spin today, “The Bangles” ‘Different Light’, it has ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ and ‘Manic Monday’ on it. I wasn’t a big Bangles fan but will add it to my collection which brings the total to 568 albums. I am buying another one that comes out on the 18th or 19th which was never put on vinyl when it came out, only CD. Bob Seager’s “Face The Promise”, a fantastic rock and roll album from one of the masters. {A three song tease}
https://youtu.be/tJi_T9QrLtc?si=vn5K70LLTbidbJnh
https://youtu.be/OkA_0jvf5ac?si=F8g0UJP7yswuhF6t
And my favorite from this album.
https://youtu.be/xoBt8PknCZ8?si=J-RLvQwv3iVo6vS4
Can’t wait for this wax to drop!!!
S1426 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com
#Alabama #BobSeager #Challenges #coffee #collegeSports #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2884 #football #journey #life #love #lp #music #newVinyl #newWax #rockAndRoll #RollTide #SEC #writing -
I Had Sumptin’ In Mind
But just like that it’s gone, poof.
No, I really did forget so who knows what comes of this.
Football
I guess I’ll talk about the new sidebar images first. Big Al is back for another season along with the schedule which will highlight how our season progresses. We came out shaking with inexperience and nervousness and stayed that way through the first half trailing by 4 at halftime {13-17}. Settling down in the second half we were able to shut them down and come back to win 45-17 .
I had given up on Texas by half-time and went to bed. Damn it, I missed a comeback that had to be epic. I was soooo happy to see this upset happen, a beautiful gift to all of college football and a great game for Michigan to watch unfold. Oregon? losing Will Stein hurt this team tremendously and it shows. Sorry Willie but if they don’t kick butt the rest of the year you might miss out on the playoffs.
Caffeine & Nicotine
Let me pour another cup of delicious dark roast and talk about the coffin nails I have been hammering since 1967. This time around I have managed to drop from 1 1/4- 1 1/2 packs a day to 2 cigarettes a day on average, still have a few days where no matter what I try it don’t happen and I over indulge on them, but hey, I’m trying.
Crawling into the day
Baby Steps? naw, just not in the Fastlane today. I am passing on the prompts and challenges I love to do and not practicing my vocals either. So what’s up in the dawghouse you ask? NADA, NUNTIN’ HONEY. I am going outside to enjoy some 70 degree weather with sunny skies. I was given an album this morning and want to give it a spin today, “The Bangles” ‘Different Light’, it has ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ and ‘Manic Monday’ on it. I wasn’t a big Bangles fan but will add it to my collection which brings the total to 568 albums. I am buying another one that comes out on the 18th or 19th which was never put on vinyl when it came out, only CD. Bob Seager’s “Face The Promise”, a fantastic rock and roll album from one of the masters. {A three song tease}
https://youtu.be/tJi_T9QrLtc?si=vn5K70LLTbidbJnh
https://youtu.be/OkA_0jvf5ac?si=F8g0UJP7yswuhF6t
And my favorite from this album.
https://youtu.be/xoBt8PknCZ8?si=J-RLvQwv3iVo6vS4
Can’t wait for this wax to drop!!!
S1426 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com
#Alabama #BobSeager #Challenges #coffee #collegeSports #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2884 #football #journey #life #love #lp #music #newVinyl #newWax #rockAndRoll #RollTide #SEC #writing -
I Had Sumptin’ In Mind
But just like that it’s gone, poof.
No, I really did forget so who knows what comes of this.
Football
I guess I’ll talk about the new sidebar images first. Big Al is back for another season along with the schedule which will highlight how our season progresses. We came out shaking with inexperience and nervousness and stayed that way through the first half trailing by 4 at halftime {13-17}. Settling down in the second half we were able to shut them down and come back to win 45-17 .
I had given up on Texas by half-time and went to bed. Damn it, I missed a comeback that had to be epic. I was soooo happy to see this upset happen, a beautiful gift to all of college football and a great game for Michigan to watch unfold. Oregon? losing Will Stein hurt this team tremendously and it shows. Sorry Willie but if they don’t kick butt the rest of the year you might miss out on the playoffs.
Caffeine & Nicotine
Let me pour another cup of delicious dark roast and talk about the coffin nails I have been hammering since 1967. This time around I have managed to drop from 1 1/4- 1 1/2 packs a day to 2 cigarettes a day on average, still have a few days where no matter what I try it don’t happen and I over indulge on them, but hey, I’m trying.
Crawling into the day
Baby Steps? naw, just not in the Fastlane today. I am passing on the prompts and challenges I love to do and not practicing my vocals either. So what’s up in the dawghouse you ask? NADA, NUNTIN’ HONEY. I am going outside to enjoy some 70 degree weather with sunny skies. I was given an album this morning and want to give it a spin today, “The Bangles” ‘Different Light’, it has ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ and ‘Manic Monday’ on it. I wasn’t a big Bangles fan but will add it to my collection which brings the total to 568 albums. I am buying another one that comes out on the 18th or 19th which was never put on vinyl when it came out, only CD. Bob Seager’s “Face The Promise”, a fantastic rock and roll album from one of the masters. {A three song tease}
https://youtu.be/tJi_T9QrLtc?si=vn5K70LLTbidbJnh
https://youtu.be/OkA_0jvf5ac?si=F8g0UJP7yswuhF6t
And my favorite from this album.
https://youtu.be/xoBt8PknCZ8?si=J-RLvQwv3iVo6vS4
Can’t wait for this wax to drop!!!
S1426 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com
#Alabama #BobSeager #Challenges #coffee #collegeSports #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2884 #football #journey #life #love #lp #music #newVinyl #newWax #rockAndRoll #RollTide #SEC #writing -
I Had Sumptin’ In Mind
But just like that it’s gone, poof.
No, I really did forget so who knows what comes of this.
Football
I guess I’ll talk about the new sidebar images first. Big Al is back for another season along with the schedule which will highlight how our season progresses. We came out shaking with inexperience and nervousness and stayed that way through the first half trailing by 4 at halftime {13-17}. Settling down in the second half we were able to shut them down and come back to win 45-17 .
I had given up on Texas by half-time and went to bed. Damn it, I missed a comeback that had to be epic. I was soooo happy to see this upset happen, a beautiful gift to all of college football and a great game for Michigan to watch unfold. Oregon? losing Will Stein hurt this team tremendously and it shows. Sorry Willie but if they don’t kick butt the rest of the year you might miss out on the playoffs.
Caffeine & Nicotine
Let me pour another cup of delicious dark roast and talk about the coffin nails I have been hammering since 1967. This time around I have managed to drop from 1 1/4- 1 1/2 packs a day to 2 cigarettes a day on average, still have a few days where no matter what I try it don’t happen and I over indulge on them, but hey, I’m trying.
Crawling into the day
Baby Steps? naw, just not in the Fastlane today. I am passing on the prompts and challenges I love to do and not practicing my vocals either. So what’s up in the dawghouse you ask? NADA, NUNTIN’ HONEY. I am going outside to enjoy some 70 degree weather with sunny skies. I was given an album this morning and want to give it a spin today, “The Bangles” ‘Different Light’, it has ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ and ‘Manic Monday’ on it. I wasn’t a big Bangles fan but will add it to my collection which brings the total to 568 albums. I am buying another one that comes out on the 18th or 19th which was never put on vinyl when it came out, only CD. Bob Seager’s “Face The Promise”, a fantastic rock and roll album from one of the masters. {A three song tease}
https://youtu.be/tJi_T9QrLtc?si=vn5K70LLTbidbJnh
https://youtu.be/OkA_0jvf5ac?si=F8g0UJP7yswuhF6t
And my favorite from this album.
https://youtu.be/xoBt8PknCZ8?si=J-RLvQwv3iVo6vS4
Can’t wait for this wax to drop!!!
S1426 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com
#Alabama #BobSeager #Challenges #coffee #collegeSports #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2884 #football #journey #life #love #lp #music #newVinyl #newWax #rockAndRoll #RollTide #SEC #writing -
I survived six unbroken years of relentless skin hunger and daily torment without an easy out. Through brutal days of waking agony and nights of heavy, forced sedation, ignored and dismissed by the world, I am still here standing my ground.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #life #strength #journey #mindset #truth #reality #growth #focus #patience #hope #time #peace
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I survived six unbroken years of relentless skin hunger and daily torment without an easy out. Through brutal days of waking agony and nights of heavy, forced sedation, ignored and dismissed by the world, I am still here standing my ground.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #life #strength #journey #mindset #truth #reality #growth #focus #patience #hope #time #peace
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I survived six unbroken years of relentless skin hunger and daily torment without an easy out. Through brutal days of waking agony and nights of heavy, forced sedation, ignored and dismissed by the world, I am still here standing my ground.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #life #strength #journey #mindset #truth #reality #growth #focus #patience #hope #time #peace
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I survived six unbroken years of relentless skin hunger and daily torment without an easy out. Through brutal days of waking agony and nights of heavy, forced sedation, ignored and dismissed by the world, I am still here standing my ground.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #life #strength #journey #mindset #truth #reality #growth #focus #patience #hope #time #peace
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I survived six unbroken years of relentless skin hunger and daily torment without an easy out. Through brutal days of waking agony and nights of heavy, forced sedation, ignored and dismissed by the world, I am still here standing my ground.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #life #strength #journey #mindset #truth #reality #growth #focus #patience #hope #time #peace
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Postojnska Jama - a very touristic place in #slovenia but definitely worth a visit. It starts with a 15 min train ride into another world. Stunning! 😍
#cave #PostojnaCave #adventureawaits #photography #explorer #rockformation #nature #dripstone #Kaarst #travel #journey #placestotravel
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Postojnska Jama - a very touristic place in #slovenia but definitely worth a visit. It starts with a 15 min train ride into another world. Stunning! 😍
#cave #PostojnaCave #adventureawaits #photography #explorer #rockformation #nature #dripstone #Kaarst #travel #journey #placestotravel
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Postojnska Jama - a very touristic place in #slovenia but definitely worth a visit. It starts with a 15 min train ride into another world. Stunning! 😍
#cave #PostojnaCave #adventureawaits #photography #explorer #rockformation #nature #dripstone #Kaarst #travel #journey #placestotravel
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Postojnska Jama - a very touristic place in #slovenia but definitely worth a visit. It starts with a 15 min train ride into another world. Stunning! 😍
#cave #PostojnaCave #adventureawaits #photography #explorer #rockformation #nature #dripstone #Kaarst #travel #journey #placestotravel
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Postojnska Jama - a very touristic place in #slovenia but definitely worth a visit. It starts with a 15 min train ride into another world. Stunning! 😍
#cave #PostojnaCave #adventureawaits #photography #explorer #rockformation #nature #dripstone #Kaarst #travel #journey #placestotravel
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Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
#Journey
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"Faithfully" is a song by American #rock band #Journey, released in 1983 as the second single from their album #Frontiers. The song was written by keyboardist #JonathanCain. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their second consecutive top-twenty hit from Frontiers. It has gone on to become one of the band's most recognizable hits and has enjoyed lasting popularity. In 2008.
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Day 2: Mapping Your Vision & Defining Objectives
Welcome back to Day 2 of our goal-setting challenge! Yesterday, we focused on laying the foundation. Today, it's time to get specific about what you want to achieve and how you’re going to get there. Vague goals often lead to a lack of progress. To build on yesterday’s momentum, we're going to transition your aspirations into concrete, actionable steps. Get Your Day 2 Worksheet Ready to visualize your success and map out your path? […]https://notestonowhere6.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/day-2-mapping-your-vision-defining-objectives/
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#AdventurousJourneys
A collection of 4 stories.
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=QDVqEQAAQBAJ&rdid=book-QDVqEQAAQBAJ&rdot=1&source=gbs_atb&pcampaignid=books_booksearch_atb
#ChristineMunroeAuthor #writing #reading #books #scifi #fantasy #adventure #fun #craziness #lightheartedness #SelfPublishing #imagination #PushingBoundaries #traveling #journey #unicorn #dungbeetle #toadstool #rook #piglets #cabbage #farm #sandal #family #friends #snake #IceCream #gelato #BoardGame #PaperClip #playground #pipe #whiskey #scifiAdventure #ChildrensBooks #ChildrensStories #YoungAdults #YoungAdultFantasyBooks -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/656571/ Cincinnati Art Museum opens gallery dedicated to fashion, textiles #art #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #baskett #CincinnatiArtMuseum #collection #collector #curator #Design #display #educator #Éire #Entertainment #fashion #gallerist #gallery #IE #Ireland #journey #philanthropist #textile #work
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I do wish I could spend more time writing blog posts instead of constantly battling my own doubts about whether I can truly live the lives that those little numbers seem to define for us.
#writing #creativity #mindset #selfdoubt #reflections #blogging #expression #life #mentalclarity #dignity #humanity #journey #balance #innerpeace #growth #thoughts
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India Safari Holiday Tours: A Complete Guide to India’s Wild Side
India's wildlife is not the wide-open savannah of Africa, and that is exactly what makes it so fascinating. Here, a safari can take you through sal forests, dry grasslands, bamboo thickets and wetlands where a tiger may appear without warning. For travellers planning an India safari holiday, the experience is about far more than spotting a Bengal tiger. It can include leopards, sloth bears, wild dogs, crocodiles, hundreds of bird species and the landscapes and communities that surround […]https://indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/india-safari-holiday-tours/
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India Safari Holiday Tours: A Complete Guide to India’s Wild Side
India's wildlife is not the wide-open savannah of Africa, and that is exactly what makes it so fascinating. Here, a safari can take you through sal forests, dry grasslands, bamboo thickets and wetlands where a tiger may appear without warning. For travellers planning an India safari holiday, the experience is about far more than spotting a Bengal tiger. It can include leopards, sloth bears, wild dogs, crocodiles, hundreds of bird species and the landscapes and communities that surround […]https://indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/india-safari-holiday-tours/
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India Safari Holiday Tours: A Complete Guide to India’s Wild Side
India's wildlife is not the wide-open savannah of Africa, and that is exactly what makes it so fascinating. Here, a safari can take you through sal forests, dry grasslands, bamboo thickets and wetlands where a tiger may appear without warning. For travellers planning an India safari holiday, the experience is about far more than spotting a Bengal tiger. It can include leopards, sloth bears, wild dogs, crocodiles, hundreds of bird species and the landscapes and communities that surround […]https://indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/india-safari-holiday-tours/
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/3352287/nmb48/ 【いちゃラブ】元NMB48本郷柚巴さんとラブラブして興奮する35歳丸坊主【岡田とデート】 #3万７千円 #CountrySide #countryside #japan #JapanTrip #japanese #JapaneseGuy #journey #KotaOkada #nmb48 #OkadaKota #Sightseeing #Vlog #いちゃラブ元NMB48本郷柚巴さんとラブラブして興奮する35歳丸坊主岡田とデート #家賃3万７千円 #家賃3万７千円男 #岡田を追え #岡田を追え！ #岡田康太 #本郷柚巴 #田舎 #田舎旅 #絶景 #貧乏
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/3347533/nmb48/ 【ブチギレフラれ】元NMB48本郷柚巴さんといちゃいちゃラブラブして興奮する35歳丸坊主【岡田とデート】 #3万７千円 #CountrySide #countryside #japan #JapanTrip #japanese #JapaneseGuy #journey #KotaOkada #nmb48 #OkadaKota #Sightseeing #Vlog #ブチギレフラれ元NMB48本郷柚巴さんといちゃいちゃラブラブして興奮する35歳丸坊主岡田とデート #家賃3万７千円 #家賃3万７千円男 #岡田を追え #岡田を追え！ #岡田康太 #本郷柚巴 #田舎 #田舎旅 #絶景 #貧乏
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#AdventurousJourneys
A collection of 4 stories.
Click play.
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=QDVqEQAAQBAJ&rdid=book-QDVqEQAAQBAJ&rdot=1&source=gbs_atb&pcampaignid=books_booksearch_atb
#ChristineMunroeAuthor #writing #reading #books #scifi #fantasy #adventure #fun #craziness #lightheartedness #SelfPublishing #imagination #PushingBoundaries #traveling #journey #unicorn #dungbeetle #toadstool #rook #piglets #cabbage #farm #sandal #family #friends #snake #IceCream #gelato #BoardGame #playground #scifiAdventure #ChildrensBooks #ChildrensStories #YoungAdults #YoungAdultFantasyBooks -
Nah, akkor zsa!
#Vienna #ViennaAirport #ViennaInternationalAirport #VIE #Austria #VisitVienna #VisitAustria #Airport #AirportLife #AirportView #Aviation #AviationPhotography #AviationLovers #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting #Aircraft #Airplane #AirportPhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #TravelGram #TravelMoments #Wanderlust #Journey #Departure #BoardingGate #AirportVibes #Flying #GroundOperations #BehindTheScenes #EuropeanTravel #ExploreEurope #WindowView #TravelLife #NextDestination -
#AdventurousJourneys
Click play.
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=QDVqEQAAQBAJ&rdid=book-QDVqEQAAQBAJ&rdot=1&source=gbs_atb&pcampaignid=books_booksearch_atb
#ChristineMunroeAuthor #writing #reading #books #scifi #fantasy #adventure #fun #craziness #lightheartedness #SelfPublishing #imagination #PushingBoundaries #traveling #journey #unicorn #dungbeetle #toadstool #rook #piglets #cabbage #farm #sandal #family #friends -
"Lights" is a song recorded by American #rock band #Journey and written by #StevePerry and #NealSchon, released in 1978.
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/3306179/nmb48/ 【ホラー余裕アピール】元NMB48本郷柚巴さんとのゲームでゾンビ余裕です感出してカッコつける35歳丸坊主【岡田とデート】 #3万７千円 #CountrySide #countryside #japan #JapanTrip #japanese #JapaneseGuy #journey #KotaOkada #nmb48 #OkadaKota #Sightseeing #Vlog #ホラー余裕アピール元NMB48本郷柚巴さんとのゲームでゾンビ余裕です感出してカッコつける35歳丸坊主岡田とデート #家賃3万７千円 #家賃3万７千円男 #岡田を追え #岡田を追え！ #岡田康太 #本郷柚巴 #田舎 #田舎旅 #絶景 #貧乏
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https://www.europesays.com/at/274414/ Green über Megan Fox – „Ich ließ mich von körperlicher Anziehung leiten“ #Saga #AT #Austria #Bodhi #BrianAustinGreen #Entertainment #Fox #Green #IDo #Journey #Megan #MeganFox #Noah #Österreich #Part2 #Sharna #SharnaBurgess #Unterhaltung
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From Acquolina to Madrigale: one of Italy’s most award-winning teams | Latest news
Rome to Tivoli, just thirty kilometers. And yet, in between lies a whole journey. A culinary itinerary that crosses the Mediterranean, s…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanCuisine #Acquolina #al #cuisine #Daniele #I #journey #Madrigale #Mediterranean #mediterraneancuisine #rome #Tivoli
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2687177/from-acquolina-to-madrigale-one-of-italys-most-award-winning-teams-latest-news/ -
Visual Art Interpretation – My Hopes and Dreams for the Next Year
This feels less like a list of resolutions than a marquee-map of my identity and desire: a radiant, hand-made 2027 filled not so much with tasks to accomplish as with the people, callings, loves, and practices that make my life feel alive.
The bright red border and repeated golden lights give it the appearance of a theater sign, a carnival ride, or an illuminated road. It seems to announce the year joyfully: Here is what I hope will shine. But inside that celebratory outline, the words do not sit neatly in straight lines. They curve, turn, reverse, overlap, and require the eye to travel. That seems important. My hopes are not separate boxes. Pastor, husband, author, musician, PeaceGrooves creator, friend, artist, woodworker, child of God—all of these identities wind through and around one another.
The words I placed inside the year—Sing, Play, Memories, God, Laugh, Journey, Pastor, Author, Husband, PeaceGrooves, Friends, Art, Church, Love, Woodcraft—are striking to me because so many of them are relational or creative. Even the roles are not primarily about achievement. Author is near Husband. Pastor winds along the same road as Journey. PeaceGrooves circles alongside Friends, Church, Love, and creativity. I did not imagine the coming year as productivity alone. I imagined it as belonging, expression, vocation, joy, and connection.
The Word I Did Not Write
After finishing the piece, I realized that I did not write health or healing anywhere inside it. Those things matter deeply to me, especially in light of some of the physical concerns and uncertainties I have been carrying. And yet, perhaps their absence does not mean they were forgotten. Perhaps I instinctively wrote the life I hope healing will allow me to continue inhabiting.
I did not write healing, but I wrote Sing-Play: the hope that my body and spirit can still release themselves into music.
I wrote Laugh: the hope for lightness, delight, and joy.
I wrote Journey: the hope that I can continue moving forward.
I wrote Husband and Friends: the hope of remaining present in love and relationship rather than retreating into worry or isolation.
I wrote Pastor and Church: the hope that I can continue serving meaningfully among people.
I wrote Art, Author, Woodcraft, and PeaceGrooves: the hope that creativity will continue flowing through me rather than being swallowed up by discouragement, exhaustion, or fear.
Perhaps healing is everywhere in this drawing without having been named. It is hidden beneath almost every word: Let me be well enough, free enough, encouraged enough, and alive enough to keep inhabiting these loves.
But perhaps the omission also tells me something tender and difficult about myself. When I think about the future, I often think first about what I can give, create, serve, love, and build. I may not always think first about what I need. This picture invites me to remember that somewhere in the glowing year ahead, there must also be room for my own care. I am not only the husband, pastor, artist, author, musician, friend, and creator. I am also a person who needs healing, rest, gentleness, and grace.
The Smear Between Author and Husband
One of the small accidents in the piece occurred in the space between Author and Husband. Water smeared the color there, and I had to cover it as best I could. I was mostly able to hide the mistake, though I know it happened. I know that beneath the finished surface there is a place where the colors once ran together in a way I did not intend.
That accidental smear now feels strangely meaningful. Author and Husband are two of my most intimate identities: the part of me that creates worlds and gives language to inner experience, and the part of me that shares an actual life in love and covenant with another person. Perhaps those two identities were never meant to be sharply separated. My writing rises from my lived relationships, from tenderness, memory, fear, faith, longing, disappointment, and love. And my creative life inevitably spills into the life I share with my wife.
The water touched the border between those words, and I tried to repair it. That is not a failure of the picture. It may be one of the most honest parts of it. Life does not remain perfectly inside the lines. The roles I care most about do not remain untouched by mess, vulnerability, or accident. Sometimes the colors run together. Sometimes I try to cover what went wrong. Sometimes a trace remains, visible mostly to me.
Yet I did not throw the picture away. I continued working on it. I allowed the imperfection to become part of the finished whole.
Perhaps that is an image of grace. A life of grace is not a life where nothing ever gets smeared. It is a life in which even the smeared places can be incorporated into the beauty.
Church: Almost Illegible
I also noticed that Church almost looks like “Churgh.” It is there, but it is not the clearest or most immediately readable word. That, too, feels symbolic.
Church is deeply present in my hopes for the coming year. It is part of who I am, part of my calling, part of my relationship with God and with community. But church is not always simple or perfectly clear. It can be difficult to read. It can be beautiful and messy, life-giving and exhausting, sacred and profoundly human all at once.
In this picture, church does not appear by itself in a clean, isolated space. It is crowded into a circling path alongside other words: Love, Friends, Art, perhaps even the movements of creativity and ministry surrounding it. That seems truthful. For me, church is not separate from love, friendship, art, imagination, service, or reconciliation. It is entangled with them.
The fact that the word is only almost clear may express something I feel: church is something I continue to believe in and belong to, while also still trying to see clearly. It is present. It matters. It is part of the year I hope to live. But it is not polished or uncomplicated.
Perhaps that is what makes it real.
The Shape of the Year
The large number itself is not simply filled in. It becomes a winding course. The words curve around turns and corners; some appear upright from one angle and upside down from another. To read the whole image, I almost have to rotate it, follow it, and let my eyes travel through it.
That feels like an honest representation of the year ahead. I do not know exactly how it will unfold. My hopes do not form a straight road or a neatly numbered plan. They form a brightly lit labyrinth. Something that appears upside down from one position may look different once I travel farther along the curve. Something that seems peripheral now may become central. Something disappointing may redirect me toward an unexpected opening.
This drawing does not say, Here is my plan to master the next year.
It says, Here is the glowing path I hope to inhabit.
That is truer to my life. Music feeds ministry. Woodcraft feeds contemplation. Writing feeds faith. PeaceGrooves gathers together my imagination, my longing for peace, my love of play, and my desire to offer something meaningful to others. Marriage and friendship keep my creative life from becoming merely solitary. Church places my personal dreams within a larger body. God is not outside all these things, looking down upon them from a distance, but present among them.
My life is not a ladder climbing toward a single success. It is a winding, illuminated journey through many loves.
The Lights Around the Border
The repeated yellow bulbs around the border give the piece a vintage, celebratory feeling. They make the year look like something being announced: a show beginning, a stage opening, a bright invitation to enter.
There is something almost exuberant about it. I did not draw a quiet little calendar page or a restrained list of intentions. I drew the year as a spectacle of hope. These dreams are not small to me. They are worthy of light. Music, laughter, love, friendship, art, faith, craft, writing, church, PeaceGrooves—these are not hobbies or decorative extras around the edge of life. They are among the things that make life worth living.
And yet the lights are not machine-perfect. They are hand-drawn. Each one is slightly different. Some are rounder, some rougher, some more irregular. That matters too. The brightness of this coming year is not a slick commercial promise that everything will be perfect. It is the brightness I have carefully drawn around my hopes with my own imperfect hand.
Most moving of all, the lights continue around the bends. They do not shine only along the smooth or impressive stretches. They follow the narrow turns, the dips, the places where the shape curls inward. The light does not abandon the complicated places.
What This Picture Says to Me
This is a picture of my hope not merely to survive another year, but to remain fully myself within it.
I want to sing and play.
I want to laugh.
I want to remember.
I want to journey.
I want to love and be loved.
I want to remain a husband, a pastor, an author, an artist, a craftsman, a musician, a friend, and a dreamer.
I want PeaceGrooves not merely to exist as a project, but to become an expression of something deep within me: my longing to imagine, create, and make peace.
I want God not as an abstract religious idea floating somewhere outside my life, but as a living presence woven among music, love, creativity, friendship, church, memory, laughter, and journey.
And perhaps beneath the entire picture is the word I did not write: wholeness.
Wholeness includes health. It includes healing. But it is larger than both. It is the hope that all these different names for myself will not compete with one another, break apart, or fade away, but somehow curve together into a single radiant life.
The smear between Author and Husband, the almost-illegible Church, the reversed words, the crowded pathways, the uneven bulbs, and the wandering design do not lessen the picture. They make it more truthful.
My hopes for the next year are not cleanly arranged or perfectly protected from mistakes. They are handmade. They are entangled. They are vulnerable. They are colorful. They are imperfect.
And they are still shining.
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