Thank you for all the great feedback on the Blogger Highlight series, I’ve enjoyed meeting each blogger and sharing their site with you. This week we highlight The Odyssey Of Life. Gene wrote his first post on January 4th, 2024 named Hello World. We have only followed each other a short time but we value many of the same things and I feel a kindred spirit in him.
THE ODYSSEY OF LIFE
“HUMANITY SHOULD BE OUR RACE. LOVE SHOULD BE OUR RELIGION.” UNKNOWN
HI THERE. APPRECIATE YOUR VISIT, THANK YOU!
I’VE BEEN AN AVID READER MY WHOLE LIFE. IN MY YOUTH, I FOUND GREAT COMFORT IN VISITING THE GORDON AVENUE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS JUST A FEW BLOCKS UP A FAIRLY STEEP HILL FROM MY THEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE, I FOUND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND/OR BIOGRAPHIES FASCINATING TO READ. BEYOND LIFE GROWING UP ON A 48-ACRE FARM, I BEGIN TO REALIZE THE WORLD WAS A MUCH LARGER PLACE THAN I IMAGINED.
MANY YEARS, WHO I AM KIDDING, MANY DECADES HAVE PASSED SINCE THOSE FORMATIVE YEARS LIVING IN THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA REGION, BUT I’M STILL EASILY ENTERTAINED AND AMUSED READING AN ARRAY OF GENRES, WITH MYSTERIES RUNNING A CLOSE 2ND TO INTERESTING BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT FASCINATING PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. I WILL USE THIS BLOG TO ENGAGE WITH AND LEARN FROM OTHERS.
I LOVE AMERICA & MOTHER EARTH AND ALL THAT HUMANITY CAN BE TOGETHER…
APPRECIATE YOUR VISIT, THANK YOU! PLEASE VENTURE BACK SOON. FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR OWN THOUGHTS, SUGGESTIONS, OPINIONS, ETC. HERE IN THIS SPACE AS A FREE AND OPEN DEMOCRACY ALLOWS.
“LET US NOT SEEK THE REPUBLICAN ANSWER OR THE DEMOCRATIC ANSWER, BUT THE RIGHT ANSWER”. — JOHN F. KENNEDY
I love this quote! If we all voted for what is right for our country I believe America would be in a much better place with more harmony instead of division.
Gene has an extensive Blog Roll that you should take a peek at.
The post talks about a much simpler time in Charlottesville where he lived. The key message resonating with me is that children didn’t recognize skin color during that time. What a great time in history that must have been.
A post that I enjoy is Have We Lost Our Way.
He great observations on the world today and where we have gone astray.
Melinda
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He sounds like a very interesting blogger! I’ll check out his blog!
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He’s a great storyteller.
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I’m hooked as well, Beth, what a great idea @ the thoughtful concept of “Blogger Highlight”. Thank you so much, Melinda, for featuring my blog presence this week. It’s so indicative of you to look out for others. Stay awesome.
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I’m so glad you liked it and I’ve received some comments so hopefully some traffic has come your way. I enjoyed writing your post.
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Amazingly enough traffic is suddenly soaring in. All icons (Views, Visitors, etc. are in the Green signaling a rising trajectory). New subscribers are also pushing my total subscription count upwards as well. Thank you so much, Melinda, and those of you reading along here on her delightful space. Your thoughtfulness is appreciated : )
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Always here to help another blogger, not those that demand it but those who deserve it.
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Love your fair-minded approach, Melinda, thank you.
Saw a blue & white bumper sticker today on the car in front of me that read, quote, “Hope You Have a Good Day”, unquote. Since we were both stopped at a red traffic-light, I noticed a cute doggy move forward from the backseat area and share an affectionate wet nose kiss upon its owner’s face. Priceless.
The positive bumper-sticker message gave me reason for pause…what a wonderful world we live in when that driver; bloggers like you; and kind-hearted others care to spread some cheer and encouragement to others. It does make a difference. A world of difference.
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I loved the old bumper sticker days!
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An adventurous spirit like you, Melinda, strikes me as someone who may have owned and driven a car adorned with more than a few bumper-stickers.
Life was so carefree, with many independent thinkers who were well-intentioned with a positive vibe during the hey-day of bumper-stickers…the popular 70’s expression “Far Out” comes to mind…slang speech in those days for Cool, Impressive, etc.
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I have been across to visit 💜
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He’s a great writer.
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Takes one to know one, Melinda, thank you!
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Appreciate your visit, Willow, thank you!
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It was a pleasure 💜
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I love this series. I always subscribe.
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Gene’s is a good guy and whip smart.
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