{"id":30104,"date":"2022-05-09T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30104"},"modified":"2022-05-12T21:00:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:00:58","slug":"5-friday-faves-catwoman-on-classical-guitar-the-ethical-skeptic-lying-notes-to-self-celebrating-and-american-idol-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30104","title":{"rendered":"5 Friday Faves &#8211; Catwoman on Classical Guitar, The Ethical Skeptic &#038; Lying, Notes to Self, Celebrating, and American Idol Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21494\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3996\" height=\"2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2.jpg 3996w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Blog-Friday-Faves-006-2-1024x651.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3996px) 100vw, 3996px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here we go! My faves of the week that flew by! What were some of yours? Post them in Comments so we can learn from you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Catwoman on Classical Guitar<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Batman_(film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Batman<\/strong><\/a> is the latest film in the franchise. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catwoman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catwoman<\/a> is one of Batman&#8217;s crime-fighting partners. I didn&#8217;t see the film and probably won&#8217;t. Too dark for me, but the music&#8230;wow! Composer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Giacchino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Giacchino<\/a> worked his magic again in laying down the emotional themes for this movie. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BeyondTheGuitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond the Guitar<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/beyondtheguitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Mills<\/a> does his own magic covering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NoiD18HRjOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catwoman theme<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The song you play when she breaks your heart\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NoiD18HRjOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) The Ethical Skeptic &amp; Lying &#8211; <\/strong>I like Twitter. It has an underbelly for sure but I have found all sorts of knowledgeable influencers there that news\/social media would never highlight. One such person is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthicalSkeptic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EthicalSkeptic<\/a>. He doesn&#8217;t name himself for professional reasons, but he helped me with some of my own misgivings about our mitigation of COVID.\u00a0 Just looking at the problem globally, we seemed not to have done as well as we should given our technology and wealth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theethicalskeptic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ethical Skeptic<\/a> is, by his Twitter bio and his writing, as he calls himself, skeptical. His focus on ethics is compelling. I actually never read his blog until just now. His latest piece, <a href=\"https:\/\/theethicalskeptic.com\/2022\/05\/07\/the-ethical-skeptics-razor-the-antiwisdom-of-crowds\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-ethical-skeptics-razor-the-antiwisdom-of-crowds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Antiwisdom of Crowds<\/em><\/a>, was fascinating. He draws on the research on lying done by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulekman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Paul Ekman Group<\/a> (link below) and takes it farther in regards to crowd thinking and behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulekman.com\/blog\/why-do-people-lie-motives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Why Do People Lie? &#8211; 9 Motives for Telling Lies<\/em> &#8211; Paul Ekman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulekman.com\/projects\/lie-to-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lie to Me<\/em> &#8211; award-winning TV series inspired by Dr. Ekman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Motives-of-why-people-lie-Paul-Ekman-Group-Ethical-Skeptic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30233\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Motives-of-why-people-lie-Paul-Ekman-Group-Ethical-Skeptic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Motives-of-why-people-lie-Paul-Ekman-Group-Ethical-Skeptic.png 658w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Motives-of-why-people-lie-Paul-Ekman-Group-Ethical-Skeptic-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulekman.com\/blog\/why-do-people-lie-motives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Ekman Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theethicalskeptic.com\/2022\/05\/07\/the-ethical-skeptics-razor-the-antiwisdom-of-crowds\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-ethical-skeptics-razor-the-antiwisdom-of-crowds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ethical Skeptic<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n<p><em>Specifically, people lie in order to<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>attain or preserve something precious,<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>win or preserve the admiration of others, or<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>exercise power over others by controlling the information their target can access.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>When a group in authority, seeks to exercise or preserve that authority, all these ubiquitous human factors not only come into play, but moreover become part of the re-enforced culture of the club itself.<strong> It\u2019s alright to lie a little. After all, it\u2019s for the club, it\u2019s for science, it\u2019s for virtue, and besides everyone in the club is also doing it.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> &#8230;over time a syndicate or collective party will therefore be more likely to also be inhabited by a number of accrued false paradigms. Tangled webs which themselves must also be protected by means of more lies. This is what makes the silence of embargo a much more sustainable tactic than mere lying.<a href=\"https:\/\/theethicalskeptic.com\/2012\/05\/01\/what-is-social-skepticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Individuals then are innoculated<\/a> by this collective antiwisdom&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is just a taste of The Ethical Skeptic&#8217;s thinking. I don&#8217;t agree nor understand all of what he is saying in his substantive body of work BUT I resonate with much of it. If you want a good sense of how deep your vocabulary is, read his <a href=\"https:\/\/theethicalskeptic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> (rather, essays). He actually often gives definitions because honestly, it is stretching (or at least for me) to grasp all of what he is saying.<\/p>\n<p>Lying has become a common and horrifying problem in our culture. Is it possible people don&#8217;t believe each other anymore? Or don&#8217;t trust what we&#8217;re saying when all we want is to be faithful to what is true? Or is it possible that people {the &#8220;crowd&#8221;] believe too easily what someone is saying? I would love to hear your take on this.<\/p>\n<p>[Sidebar: the link below, including the comments that followed, shows something of an ethical experience he had involving the church, as well as some of his thinking about God and the Scriptures. It is hard to say how I feel about the whole of it&#8230;but his thinking is intriguing&#8230;so as not to confuse my readers, the God of the Scriptures and the Book itself have never led me down a bad path. Ever.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theethicalskeptic.com\/2022\/03\/01\/the-riddle-of-sin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Riddle of Sin<\/em> &#8211; The Ethical Skeptic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Notes to Self &#8211; <\/strong>So there&#8217;s this sock company called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notestoself.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notes to Self<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notestoself.com\/pages\/about-laura\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Schmidt<\/a> is the owner\/creator of this brilliant venture &#8211; &#8220;What you say to yourself matters!&#8221; I LOVE the idea of <em>notes to self <\/em>because it&#8217;s actually a daily habit of my own. Wearing socks that give affirmation for the day is a very sweet idea. Now they aren&#8217;t cheap ($15\/pair, but like many companies, the price you pay helps others who can&#8217;t). Full disclosure: I got my socks by way of a charity thrift situation. They are wonderful socks! High quality! Comfy and encouraging! May reconsider the price tag as Christmas comes closer. Great socks and, again, a super sweet idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0954.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30250\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0954.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0954-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0954-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0954-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0963.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30251\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0963.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0963-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0963-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0963-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0964.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30252\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0964.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0964.png 750w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0964-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0964-576x1024.png 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"buofh1pr j83agx80 cbu4d94t gs1a9yip k4urcfbm qv66sw1b\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"_8emu\">\n<p><strong>4) Celebrating &#8211; <\/strong>This weekend we&#8217;ll be celebrating moms (dates vary depending on country, of course). It&#8217;s a true phenomenon because 1) we all have a mom, and 2) many of us are moms or act in some mommish role. AND it mostly gets celebrated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Mothers-Day-Sarah-Haymes-DeJarnette-Facebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30242\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Mothers-Day-Sarah-Haymes-DeJarnette-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"827\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Mothers-Day-Sarah-Haymes-DeJarnette-Facebook.jpg 827w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Mothers-Day-Sarah-Haymes-DeJarnette-Facebook-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Mothers-Day-Sarah-Haymes-DeJarnette-Facebook-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blog-Mothers-Day-Sarah-Haymes-DeJarnette-Facebook-768x770.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10165017059000576&amp;set=a.10150789029715576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook, Sarah DeJarnette<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just the commercialism of this day greases the tracks for celebrating. I wish we celebrated more&#8230;not just moms, but dads, aunts and uncles (either real or stand-ins), children (born and not yet born), as well as great work teams, volunteers, and neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating is tremendously humanizing and the time it takes is so little compared to the outcomes. If the celebration is genuine and much-deserved. It&#8217;s one of those efforts that, like the tide, &#8220;raises all boats&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to the two closest moms in my life &#8211; my own and the one I got when I married. So grateful for them.<a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Blog-Mom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7926\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Blog-Mom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Blog-Mom.jpg 960w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Blog-Mom-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Blog-Mom-768x529.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MomMom-Julia-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22224\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MomMom-Julia-2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"1383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MomMom-Julia-2013.jpg 895w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MomMom-Julia-2013-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MomMom-Julia-2013-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MomMom-Julia-2013-663x1024.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to the moms I also get in marriage (my two married kids&#8217; moms-in-law). Again, so grateful for them.<a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Blog-Karen-Becky-Moms-in-law-Mothers-Day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22222\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Blog-Karen-Becky-Moms-in-law-Mothers-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1988\" height=\"1909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Blog-Karen-Becky-Moms-in-law-Mothers-Day.jpg 1988w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Blog-Karen-Becky-Moms-in-law-Mothers-Day-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Blog-Karen-Becky-Moms-in-law-Mothers-Day-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Blog-Karen-Becky-Moms-in-law-Mothers-Day-1024x983.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1988px) 100vw, 1988px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally here&#8217;s to the kids who made me a mom. So grateful for them!<a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-May-Mothers-Day-Christie-Nathan-Dan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30241\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-May-Mothers-Day-Christie-Nathan-Dan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3678\" height=\"2243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-May-Mothers-Day-Christie-Nathan-Dan.jpg 3678w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-May-Mothers-Day-Christie-Nathan-Dan-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-May-Mothers-Day-Christie-Nathan-Dan-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022-May-Mothers-Day-Christie-Nathan-Dan-1024x624.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3678px) 100vw, 3678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>5) American Idol Highlights &#8211;<\/strong>This is the 20th season of reality TV show <a href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/shows\/american-idol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Idol<\/a>. The young contestants are vying for a record contract and, even for those who don&#8217;t win, national exposure of their amazing musicianship. The music is really good, and we learn about genres we wouldn&#8217;t normally listen to. Below find a couple of highlights from a recent show, as well as one of the videos from a previous American Idol winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottymccreery.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotty McCreery<\/a>. I need to listen to more country music.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S0X-ubT7oL0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_-gy4eRDgU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SMJ9FnN8HrQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this week. Thanks so much for stopping by. Much love!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><strong>Bonuses:<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Blog-Habits-and-ruts-Henry-David-Thoreau-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30128\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Blog-Habits-and-ruts-Henry-David-Thoreau-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Blog-Habits-and-ruts-Henry-David-Thoreau-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Blog-Habits-and-ruts-Henry-David-Thoreau-1-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/img.picturequotes.com\/2\/364\/363191\/it-is-remarkable-how-easily-and-insensibly-we-fall-into-a-particular-route-and-make-a-beaten-track-quote-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picture Quotes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/10158074043628843\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>For the Joy!!<\/em> &#8211; Kattie Normand, Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themultitaskingwoman.com\/8-of-the-best-cognitive-therapy-exercises-to-sharpen-your-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>8 of the Best Cognitive Therapy Exercises to Sharpen Your Mind &#8211; <\/em>Eva Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebeingknownpodcast.podbean.com\/e\/healing-trauma-the-power-of-presence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Being Known Podcast &#8211; Season 4, Episode 10: <em>Healing Trauma: the Power of Presence &#8211; <\/em>Dr. Curt Thompson &amp; Pepper Sweeney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QQz5yVkBm5w&amp;list=PLkcU4RHvdYJuSAE9cJkGChuZbaYErvZLt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Video &#8211;<em> Introduction to 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery<\/em> &#8211; <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Babette Rothschild<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theunshamingproject.org\/blog\/safe-trauma-recovery-babette-rothschild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery<\/em> &#8211; Babette Rothschild &#8211; Review by Ruby Usman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franksonnenbergonline.com\/blog\/why-make-your-life-complicated\/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=socialnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Why Make Your Life So Complicated?<\/em> [25 Ways to Simplify Your Life] &#8211; Frank Sonnenberg<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EaH9r5EF3e\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/random-words-of-advice-for-the-christian-life\/\">40 Random Pieces of Advice for the Christian Life<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;40 Random Pieces of Advice for the Christian Life&#8221; &#8212; Tim Challies\" src=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/random-words-of-advice-for-the-christian-life\/embed\/#?secret=El58s0RYi1#?secret=EaH9r5EF3e\" data-secret=\"EaH9r5EF3e\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lord Of The Rings - Unreleased Scenes (NEW 2022 Compilation)\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4CxqTBTAeBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go! My faves of the week that flew by! What were some of yours? Post them in Comments so we can learn from you. 1) Catwoman on Classical Guitar &#8211; The Batman is the latest film in the franchise. Catwoman is one of Batman&#8217;s crime-fighting partners. I didn&#8217;t see the film and probably &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30104\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 Friday Faves &#8211; Catwoman on Classical Guitar, The Ethical Skeptic &#038; Lying, Notes to Self, Celebrating, and American Idol Highlights<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2763,810,957,3121,926,2986,690,1447,34,2826,1628,813,1704,2126,1705,1148,7027,2307,147,3976,808,3208,1801,50,2547,3394,1267,825,33,1732,317,1301,1437,432,870,31,789,887,4159,735,1453],"tags":[740,2879,10036,2548,10040,10029,609,10033,10045,8001,8761,10044,4599,1802,10041,10034,175,10032,10046,10039,10030,4964,5003,6463,6101,24,10037,7890,7889,10043,10038,10047,5799,10031,8612,10042,1338,2534,10035],"class_list":["post-30104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-all-good-gifts","category-alzheimers-disease","category-arts","category-attending-or-focus","category-attitude","category-babies-children","category-bible","category-books","category-brand","category-character","category-christmas","category-communication","category-community","category-conversations","category-critical-thinking","category-decision-making","category-emotions","category-family-2","category-fear","category-film","category-finishing-strong","category-friday-faves","category-god","category-guitar","category-habits","category-healing","category-holidays","category-inspired","category-leadership","category-lessons-learned","category-mom","category-mothers","category-music","category-neighbors","category-parenting","category-relationships","category-remembering","category-trauma","category-words","category-work","tag-advice","tag-american-idol","tag-babette-rothschild","tag-beyond-the-guitar","tag-caleb-lee-hutchinson","tag-catwoman","tag-celebrating","tag-christian-life","tag-cognitive-therapy-exercises","tag-country-music","tag-dr-curt-thompson","tag-eva-lewis","tag-frank-sonnenberg","tag-friday-faves","tag-healing-trauma","tag-henry-david-thoreau","tag-joy","tag-kattie-normand","tag-laura-schmidt","tag-lauren-alaina","tag-lie-to-me","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-lying","tag-maddie-poppe","tag-michael-giacchino","tag-mothers-day","tag-notes-to-self","tag-paul-ekman","tag-paul-ekman-group","tag-pepper-sweeney","tag-scotty-mccreery","tag-simplifying-your-life","tag-spin","tag-the-antiwisdom-of-the-crowd","tag-the-batman","tag-the-power-of-presence","tag-tim-challies","tag-trauma","tag-trauma-recovery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-7Py","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30104"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30288,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30104\/revisions\/30288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}