Author Archive: tyunglebower

Your Own Inauguration

On this day we celebrate the peaceful and ritualistic transfer, (or in this case, maintenance) of great power. President Barack Obama, just hours ago, gave his second Inaugural Address, ushering in his second four year term as the nation’s Chief Executive. Despite the fact that the reins of power remained with the same person today, the …

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First Post of 2013

I break 17 days of blog silence with this, my first post of 2013. (After the daily blogging toil of Reverb12, I needed a bit of a hiatus.) Is it still appropriate to say Happy New Year this late into said year? Given the circumstances, I’ll say yes. I don’t make official resolutions for new …

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Reverb12 Day Thirty One: Looking Back and Ahead

On the final day of the year as well as the final day of Reverb12, the questions and thoughts are obvious. I have used more than one source for prompts this year, both both of them essentially have the same goal; to get me and other blogger to think about what we’ve learned from doing …

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Reverb12 Day Thirty: Journey

Back to the original list. Often we see our life as a humongous journey, and we believe that not only have we not arrived at our far away desired destination, but we also think we must accomplish x, y, and z, before we can declare with satisfaction that we are THERE.  For a moment, take …

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Reverb12 Day Twenty Nine: The Coming Year

What do you want to try this coming year?  Is it something that has been on the bucket list for a while, or is it something you swore up and down to others you’d never, ever do?  What new waters – those uncharted or those well-navigated – will you dip your toes into this year? …

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