Author: Olivia

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Life’s a painting and you’re the artist. But you are never finished. Each day is made up of a dozen different sketches, alone they will never be more than that, a sketch, yet they make up the context of our lives.

This is my sketch, one done with love.

Olivia




  • It’s funny how life seems to be clamping down on us tight. And what, with me going back to my blog after what seems like a very long time. Wait it is a long time. Though it didn’t feel like it. Still, a break…

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    A Journey Restarted, Starting My Blogging Expedition
  • It’s pretty cool to be able to sit around a table with paintbrushes in hand and be ready to enter the world of color and thought. In our busy lives, it’s easy to forget the small pleasure of making art with family. But when…

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    Family Art Night: Getting Creative Together
  • Democracy in 2024 As November 5, 2024 approaches, an exciting atmosphere can be felt. Everything is prepared for a big meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. These two people have different ideas for our country, but they also represent…

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    My Reflections on Our Current Political Landscape
  • Our grandmothers cleaned with less aggressive products than we do today but I have never gotten the feeling that their homes were much dirtier than our homes. They relied on such things as baking soda, ash, vinegar, lemon… Thier techniques have been lost in…

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    I Make My Own Eco-friendly Cleaning Products
  • The our species as well as the rest of this planet's life forms have been exposed to many dangers thanks to our lack of preservation of the environment. What has this brought us as a society? For one it has led to a rediscovery…

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  • Music in Ancient Rome

    Roman music? In fact you will find fewer examples of music than one would think, given the Roman's culture inspired many aspects of our modern western society, Rome did not, however, contribute much to music as the Greeks did. Although they conquered their territories,…

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  • Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day

    The Origins of Rome History and legend blend irretrievably together when we attempt to explain the origins of Rome. Leaving aside what tradition tells, long before the city was founded, the peninsula of Italy was inhabited by many different groups of people. Some of…

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  • Canon Muratori

    The Muratorian fragment also called Canon Muratori, is the oldest known cast or index of the New Testament books. It was discovered by Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750), father of Italian historiography, in Latin from the 8th century, originating from Bobbio Abbey and discovered in…

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    Canon Muratori
  • Sometimes I am given pause to ask; "What can I do to contribute to nature conservation?" Here are some of the things that I have on my list to answer that question: Recycling Use less water Lower heating consumption Get around on the road,…

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  • The conception of a green world has gained increasingly important in the space of our society. Fridays For Future, Extinction Rebellion, and other grassroots style movements have taken a prominent position in media, opening up a platform for debate about the current state of…

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