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Is It in You? A Letter to My Daughters About Cape Cod
By: Alice Garbarini Hurley
Tags: Family, Mothers, Daughters, Cape Cod, Letters

I wrote this on Monday, August 14, three summers ago, and posted it on my blog. I’ve updated it here with photos and details.

My parents’ friend and Dad’s co-worker, Marguerite (Rite) Bremner, who first rented the little cottage on Windmill Lane to our family of six.

Dear Figgy (on the cusp of 22) and Skipper (age 10),

Tell me, is it in you? The love of Cape Cod?

I have gone, on and off — but lately, most definitely on — since I was about four. My parents took their maiden voyage in 1951, a honeymoon road trip from New York City to Maine, New Hampshire and Cape Cod.

About 14 years later, our family rented a cottage in North Eastham, on Windmill Lane near Great Pond. I remember my Dad backing the white Ford Falcon out of the driveway in the Saturday morning dark; that’s how eager he and Mom were to return to that sandy hook. My mother packed most of our things in one big gray suitcase. How magical it was to see her zip it up in our Dumont house and know it contained our vacation.

But you two — you have been going forever. Figgy, I was almost seven months pregnant when I carried you (my constant companion at work and in life) to the Cape with your Dad at the end of May 1995. We swam and floated in the sea at Nauset Light Beach, down on the right, where the coast curves. The water was warm. My belly was big; my maternity swimsuit was navy with white polka dots. You were due August 14.

Skippy, if I remember correctly, you were about three and a half months old on your first trip, in June 2007. (Our fates were sealed, our prayers answered, that March when you were delivered to us, your foster family.) Aunt Moey and Laura held you there, while the birds chirped in the backyard. You went early on to the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. I pushed you in a stroller, Figgy at my side. We pointed out the turtles.
Things I wish I knew when I was younger
By: Divya Sharma
Tags: Growth, Self Improvement, Self Love, Self Care And Self Love, Letters

Sincerely,

your future self.

I am proud of you and who you are becoming.
Letter to the Future Queen
Tags: Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, SciFi, Letters

14–53–88BGU

It has only been a few months since the fall of the Intergalactic Alliance. What people may have thought would finally bring peace and justice across the nine systems only has brought us more fighting and divisions among us. The death of the former leader, King Therion, was over in an instant yet the shockwaves created by this event still reverberate across our systems. His rule did bring us hardships but the law and order he brought also made sure everyone was in check and stability became a way of life. Life was simple and life was peaceful; our people were happy. While we did have to abide by his rules and laws we needed not to worry about the roving bandit and pirate hordes that lurked in the dark corners of our systems.

I for one was never a fan of the high taxes and the constant surveillance but I had nothing to hide so I had nothing ever to fear. However, I can say I never once had feared for my life like I do now. The splintering of the Intergalactic Alliance has left a large power vacuum with seven or maybe even eight different factions, including yours, all vying to fill the void. Because of this many systems, such as our own, have been forgotten and deemed “not worth protecting at this time” leading to the tyrannical rule of the pirates and bandits to begin once again. Our crops have been stolen, our land destroyed, and our people have been beaten and broken under their reign.

I come to you with a formal request to send aid back to our system and to reclaim our small planet as yours. To grace us once again and protect us like King Therion once did. Our villages were always loyal to your father and we will remain loyal to you. Our people would gladly fight alongside your Peace Keepers as long as it meant bringing life back to the way it once was. Our people need a leader and we are ready to submit to you as long as you deem us worthy. Hail the Intergalactic Alliance and hail the future Queen of the nine systems!

-Elder Rillum, Planet 8812, Sellis
Letter To Agha Shahid — By Mahshida Hamid
Tags: Art, Poetry, Kashmir, Poem, Letters

To Agha Shahid,

Shahid Sahib, I am a Kashmiri just like you. I write this letter to you so that I could tell you how your homeland is like, for I know that you love it. I know I can not post this letter but my letters will reach you, for you are our beloved.

Everything here has turned upside down. Doordarshan is no more, people are no more, every one has died and I feel helpless. Shahid Sahib I know living your life far away from your homeland is very difficult but it is bleeding. The knots at Shah-e-Hamdan are still tied. No one has untied them, for everyone is lost.

I wish you were here. I would take you to Pampore, you would see the dried saffron leaves, the dry land. Oh Shahid! The flowers no longer bloom.

The chinars are red, soaked in blood. Trust me, if you see them you will cry.

Shahid Sahib, some people don’t understand you, it breaks my heart. Let’s leave the pain for a while; I want to appreciate you.

Your words are magic. Whenever I need comfort or whenever I am away, I randomly read one of your poems. You aren’t dead, you live within those words. Every chinar leaf reminds me of you. I even wrote to Amitav Ghosh. I asked him to pay my respects at your grave. I hope he did.

The day when the dead resurrect, I will run to you, and meet you by the gates of the villas of peace.

Truly yours,

An Autumn Leaf.
A Letter to Rain
By: Ramona Singh
Tags: Poetry, Rain, Poem, Letters, Poetry On Medium

First, I long for you,

And you make me wait.

Slowly, I feel, you’re finally here to quench my thirst.

You drop a hint,

I can smell a whiff of your tantalizing perfume,

the fresh scent of the moist earth.

Then you hover over me,

Showing off your puffy grey and black dress,

the clouds.

Your drizzles embrace me very slowly,

First my hair, my lashes, my nose to my lips,

Then trickling down my neck gently to my bosom, and down my body.

From my shoulders to my arms, to the very tips of my fingers,

Tingling the tiny pores of my skin.

I want more.

Now your raindrops get bigger,

They lightly fall and graze my body

But my happiness gets bigger too.

I’m euphoric, like a child,

Jumping in puddles, so wild, so wild.

I shriek with joy!

You intensify.

Your pebble-like raindrops hurt me.

But I don’t want to go yet.

I stop my shrieking at once,

and look around me.

People are already conscious of you and your outburst,

and trying to hide their dull faces under umbrellas and buildings and things,

frantically prancing around everywhere.

Some are staring into some void,

Some are anxious, cursing your arrival

Only little kids, like me, are enjoying every drop of you, to the fullest.

Drenched completely to the very core of my body,

I think of you.

How you first make me sensual,

Making me wait long,

Then you make me childish,

As I whee and splash,

Then as you fall harder,

You make me realize things about you I never thought I’d think of,

Of how you make me so elated,

And others so anxious and blue.

How you are desperately needed and waited for,

By me, by lovers, by farmers, by rivers,

And how you are such an annoyance

to people who need to get somewhere.

You are like life,

Harsh and annoying,

But when I stand and tell you to drench me, falling harder and harder,

You make me blissful

I stop to dance, sing, feel,

pausing the rest of my life when you’re there.

You’re a lover, a mother, a harbinger,

That this lonely blue planet supporting life in the vast cosmicity

Will be full of love, joy, life, and pain,

Earth will be blue

And everything will be alright

As long as you lash down,

As long as you are loved and you exist.

~Ramona Singh

Here’s the link to my other profiles:

https://poetrybyramona.blogspot.com

https://www.yourquote.in/ramona-singh-bvfs2/quotes
Don’t Keep Your Love Lockdown In This Lockdown
By: Nihaib Ramirez
Tags: Virus, Love, Quarentine, Letters, Lockdown

Don’t Keep Your Love Lockdown In This Lockdown

In this moment of life, in the middle of a lockdown and pandemic, please stay strong, stay with your hands up to the sun. Life and love now are like a seed growing in this stony ground. Maybe, everybody, this year lost somebody and the year isn’t over so maybe we are going to have to give up on something yet. But in the lockdown perhaps you see damage in your house or in yourself so you decided to take control of something in many years. And that the reason because you have to feel great.

Make a list and for a little that be.

If you take care of your son better than in the normality or you listen to your family better than when you were in office, now you’re a better person in the craziest moment in our lives.

We are growing up, just not like our parents said one day. Because never going to be same than in the past and never nothing happens two times in the same ways.
Dear Money
By: Saloni Goyal
Tags: Financial Planning, Money, Beyourself, Letters, Maslow

Dear Money

Dear Money,

Thank-you for always being there for me. I was looking at Maslow’s pyramid and I now see how you play a significant role in keeping me safe and secure.

You help fulfil my physiological needs for food, water, shelter and clothing. Without you, I would be homeless and left on the streets to starve. So, thank-you, for helping me maintain my basic human needs and survive.

You allow me to buy books for which I am forever grateful. Because of you I can get gifts for my family and friends.

You help me maintain my self-respect, esteem and freedom. Because of you I don’t have to worry about my next meal. Also many thanks for being there for my family in both good times and bad.

Thank-you for helping me get an education. I would not be writing this letter today had you not been there to support it.

Also apologies for not paying any close attention to you until I needed you. I want to learn more about you and embrace you wholeheartedly instead of looking at you with disdain.

Thanks again.

Until next time,

Saloni

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The Poet’s Letters To His Ex — #5
By: Fọlábòmí Àmọ Ó
Tags: Poetry, Poetry Sunday, Love, Heartbreak, Letters

I remember

a time when

we were happy.

A time when

your constant company

was my every dream

I remember

when your smile

was the most beautiful thing

to me

A sight

I always wanted

to make a reality

I remember

your love

tugging at my heart

when you were

not there

Yearning

for the comfort

of your embrace

I remember

when your lips

longed

only for the taste

of mine.

A time when

your touch

was the sweetest feeling

I ever felt.

I remember

all the memories

we shared

I only wish

they never came

to an end.
My first month on medium gave me $2.91
By: Anchal Sharma
Tags: Thanks, Medium Income, Love, Letters, Thank You

My first month on medium gave me $2.91

On November 17, I published my first article on medium. My first article was named as What is LOVE?

When I post it then after some time I checked my phone and opened my medium. I saw a notification. Someone commented on my article.

Hey, it was the first comment I had received on medium. I still remember it.

Here’s this

Screenshot from my phone

Thank you Selma for this beautiful comment. It’s not just a comment, it’s a beautiful memory for me. It always inspires me to write on medium.

There are some more comments, they always inspire me.

Screenshot from my phone

Screenshot from my phone

Thank you Sade Tolani for this comment. I feel satisfied with my work when I saw your comment.

Hey, Craolta I’m still waiting for your best comment. 😄

I want to say Thank you to Quy Ma for allowing me to share my story (About Me — Anchal Sharma). By writing this I remembered all the things which give me happiness. I met with myself while writing that article.

For Publications — I want to say thank you to those publications who accepted my articles and encouraged me.

Thank you to those publications who rejected my articles and said for improvements. If you didn’t reject me then How I can improve?

Dear writers if a publication rejects your article then don’t get upset. It’s the way we can improve more and more. Trust me it’s good for us. Keep improving and getting a little better every day.

I guess it’s the best lesson that I learned in the first month on medium.

Last but not the least, medium sent me $2.91. I’m happy with it (It’s my first earning). It’s not even for a month, it’s for fourteen days because I wrote my first article on seventeen November.

I wrote this article only from my heart. I don’t know all these people will read it or not but I just want to say thank you to all of them who read my articles, who clapped, who commented, and the readers who are reading this right now.

Money can make us happy but satisfaction comes when someone likes our work. Keep spreading love.

If you have any advice for me then please feel free to tell me.

Share your experiences on medium. I would love to know that. The comment box is always yours.
Poems! Stories! Cartoons! Songs! Prizes!
Tags: Other, Newsletter, Letter, Medium, Coffee

Poems! Stories! Cartoons! Songs! Prizes!

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Homesickness gave me a lesson
By: Elisa C.
Tags: Writing, Words, Copywriting, Letters, Homesickness

Learning by the past

The Italian word “Nostalgia” has a bitter taste, at the beginning. Only at the exact moment you fully pronounce this word, it wraps you with its hidden sweetness.

The Italian word nostalgia brings in its head the Greek word “nostos”, which means return, like the epic one made by King Ulysses to his Ithaca.

Nostalgia is the grief caused by the return, nostalgia means understanding that something we have lived is now far in time and it makes no more part of this present.

It is a dense word, a word to which every culture gives a different meaning and history.

In English nostalgia can be translated with the word homesickness, a term which combines the word “home” with the word “sickness, pain”; someone suffers for something which is familiar to him or to her but that doesn’t belong to his or her reality anymore.

If I think to myself, nostalgia became my friend, with the passing of the years.

It is like a thought which suddenly appears; it is sparked by a photo, a scent or a taste, or by the notes of a song. It is a dazzling flash, a match lightened into the darkness, that suddendly illuminates, while all around the atmosphere dimly becomes more familiar.

Nostalgia is the nice memory of a time which has been; it is the memory of one moment which I realise it is now perfect for me, but when I lived it years ago it was for me flavourless and I was unaware of this.

For this reason feeling nostalgia gave me a strong lesson: live, every day.

Then the time will be able to open its vault in my future mind and it will show me again those moments, which in the meantime have become perfect and which belong to a present which is already past. This will be a precious moment for me, to remember and to live again.

With a tear and a smile.
A Letter To,
By: Daniel A. Teo
Tags: Prose, Sad, Love, Letters, Poetry On Medium

A Letter To,

Words and image by the author

To the special guy,

I’ve written this on my last days lying on the deathbed. Because of my stubborn illness, I had to end the relationship. Not for my sake, but for hers. I couldn't bear to see the hurt in her eyes, knowing that the remains of our ebullience might one day turn into a closed mahogany coffin — but that's not what I'm writing today; I suppose that's too melodramatic.

By now, you would have already found this hidden in the middle of the sofa, the sofa that we’ve decided to spend the rest of our lives together. I still remember the day we kissed; it was on New Years'. And I can tell you, the moment you kiss her, everything around you would dissolve, and you’ll realize that you don't need anything else in the world because you have her. But I don't have to tell you this. I'm assuming you’d already felt it. I hope…

I believe; In you, she sees someone special. Someone who doesn't see her the way the creeps down the road do, someone who sees past her flaws and insecurities, someone who sees her beauty without the makeup and the stunning dresses.

I've been looking down from above, and I know that she endeared the years of anguish after my demise. I know that she spent sleepless nights smashing glasses, telling herself that she’ll never find someone again. I know that past the tear spilling, she’d never give love a second chance — till you came.

And I thank you for that. I thank you for being her light pole in the tempest of trouble. Thank you for guiding her back. Thank you for making her love again.

Just make sure, you take care of her for me. Order her favorite hot chocolate and chicken sandwich, bring her to the beach near her dad’s, don't raise your voice at her, pat her back when she accomplishes something, cry with her when she’s sad, hug her when she’s happy. ( If you make her cry, I promise I’ll open my coffin back up and find you.)

Maybe you’re the key to the life she’s always dreamed of, the life that I couldn't grant her. Maybe you’re the special ingredient to the perfect life never thought possible in reality.

But you and I know that's not true, because she is.

Best,

The one she last loved.
Choose yourself
Tags: Relationships, Love, Inspire, Letters, Friendship

Choose yourself

Dear Soulsister,

I have come to realize that relationships of any kind are the most self-reflecting aspect of our lifes. Irrespective of the nature of the relationship — parental, platonic, romantic, professional — the way we are in those dynamics, the way we behave give so much away of the kind of person we are.

Especially in romantic relationships, aka drama. The extent of vulnerability in such relationships directly pours into how emotionally involved we are; and most importanty the risk of being with with someone, where we compromise more than what makes us happy.

Being aware and realizing that is first half of the battle.

The second half?

Choose yourself, always.

I want to tell you that you are a beautiful person. Tell you more than any guy ever will till the time you are pink and brimming with love everywhere. You are my pillar of strength that you would be wrong to think you are not strong.

You’re strong to not easily give in, you’re strong to know your values and abide them. Those are weak who go beyond compromising to mend their ways to accommodate someone who don’t deserve their love.

Your love ought to be more than a relationship , where your love grows you both and the environment you both are in; and if haven’t felt that way previously, kudos you have learned.

You’re finding your way, stepping closer to let the right one find you. So that you are prepared when he’s here. So that you don’t overlook his love in lust of someone else’s.

Love is when you sing, love is when you write , love is in the family and friends and joy wherever you go. It is inherent in you.

And yes, love that moves away or fades or doesn’t stay takes time to regain its love ability. It takes time but it will.

Love and care for yourself, even if that means grieving to your heart’s content but never again after that. Letting go, makes it lighter.

And very important — don’t blame yourself. You have nothing to lose only to gain.

Choose yourself, always.

Love,

Always

Cheer

(To be continued…)
Book Review — Those Delicious Letters by Sandeepa Datta Mukherjee
By: Kiranmayi G
Tags: Writing, Cooking, Fiction, Book Review, Letters

Book Review — Those Delicious Letters by Sandeepa Datta Mukherjee

Publisher: HarperCollins India

Pages: 264

Price: Rs. 299 INR(Paperback), Rs. 175 INR(Kindle Edition)

ISBN: 978–9353574598

Buy here: https://amzn.to/36KOa6F

My take on the book:

Shubhalakshmi Sengupta aka Shubha a Bengali woman residing in the US with her husband Sameer and two daughters just turned forty. To dedicate more time for her kids, Shubha has quit her successful career as an architect and is now a co-founder of a upcoming publishing house. As she grapples with cold behavior from her husband and a growing distance in their marriage, comparison and critique from friends who have their dream jobs, Shubha receives inland letters from an unknown woman — letters addressed to a certain ‘Moni’, granddaughter of this lady from India.

The lady who now has issues remembering day-to-day events intends to hand over her treasured Bengali recipes to Moni before her memory might give up on her. As each letter comes with the lady recounting her life events and one yummy recipe attached, Shubha who was never a serious cook, now starts trying her hands at this mystery woman’s recipes. Everyone who taste Shubha’s food are extremely impressed and Shubha finds a new hidden talent in middle of her otherwise boring routine. Will Shubha be able to find about the sender of these letters and how will these letters change her life forms the rest of the story.

Don’t we all love the trousseau, jewelry, and of course wisdom passed on in the family, especially from our grandparents. Imagine we receive treasured recipes from strangers along with their life memories — that is exactly the thought this book is built on. The story works on multiple levels — the idea of Shubha re-building her life through food, the similarity between lives of Shubha and the mystery sender and how Shubha molds her life with inspiration from those old memories she reads in the letters, the suspense of the sender’s identity, the elaborate recipes shared at end of each letter. The traditions and culture of Bengali life as seen through the sender’s eyes, the Bengali delicacies, the Bengali calendar year for the festivities — everything about the Bengali way of life is well captured in the story.

Even for a person who would have never cooked in their life, Shubha’s cooking adventures will prompt to try their hand. A cookbook with traditional food recipes, a heartwarming story of a middle aged woman discovering herself through food, a trip of nostalgia to the Bengali life in the past — this story is a complete package of all these emotions and hence highly recommended!

My rating:

5/5.
T,
Tags: Letters

Today is the first day I’d stop hearing something from you, it feels weird and miserable. I don’t want to feel miserable, but I do. Today is no different than any other days; it’s raining, and becoming very sunny in minutes just like what Global Warming always did to us. And there is a big difference that I would do today — I’m having a flight to your town. You see, Tiara, I’m very scared of flying. I would getting a nausea in a second because of the nervousness I’ve got. This is a bit shocking because I, in my past life, was a fighter pilot. Yes, we were talking about past life and reincarnation once, and I didn’t tell you because I don’t want you to think that I’m somehow a freak who believes in past life bullshit. In fact, I don’t really believe it, just like the next days that I’ll spend without you; blurry and livid.

Maybe you would think that I’m such a creep who is coming to your town without your consent. Calm down, I’m not begging you to meet me there, nor I’m going to your home in a sudden. You do know me well, I’m not that kind of guy — I really respect someone’s boundaries and privacy. The only thing that comes to my mind is, I just want to get close to you even for once. I want make a closure between us. Just let me breathe the same air today, Tiara. I don’t want to alter your life with my demands, you’re suffering enough because of me. As I writing this, I have a conference call. As I writing this too, I miss you. A lot.

I’ve packed my bag. I’m coming to your town.
sweet ’n’ sour tape #15: goodbye earth
By: Kunal Duggal
Tags: Tape, Sweet, Grateful, Space, Letters

The mortal coils that have held to the earth are starting unbound.

As a human in space, the human rules still apply, like don’t be an asshole. But, the environment is different. Gravity is lighter, and things move a lot faster.

This is not a regular tape. In honor of your first body of work, this tape is an appreciation post for the one and only YOU!

I remember the feelings I had when you first told me about your ambition to drop out of college and pursue music. I wasn’t surprised. More like, of course. The typical college route never fit us. I adapted to it, and you rejected it.

You opted out to pursue a dream, and that dream wasn’t always pretty.

At that moment, I thought if there was a person that I knew that could do this, it was you.

And, if you worked extremely hard.

Trial and tribulation, awkward moments, existential confusion, and a lot of walking later. Here we are. Your skills have matched your vision.

It is inspiring. And that is one of the many reasons I am grateful for you.

You have always inspired me to make more, attempt to be more, and work harder than anyone else.

My ambition was being cultivated from the time we were kids when you asked me to start a video game company, to when we spent winter break freshmen year writing and drawing a self-published book.

Even if it's indirect, your influence is always felt. Seeing you pour yourself into the music has given a visceral image of what it looks like to create art.

It is painstaking, grueling, sleep-depriving, and the antithesis of what these wannabe creatives think. I know when I work on my art, I need to match that energy.

Thank you for continuously inspiring me, and thank you for your insights.

Thank you for the support right now as I pursue my own art. You are right; my creative muscle is fragile. I appreciate S.S 14 and the care package. Both items mean a lot.
T,
Tags: Letters

God only knows what I be without you.

It feels both relieving and odd at the same time. We are under the same sky, time, and town. We just separated few kms away, and I couldn’t be more grateful for that. You asked me to come to you, and I denied it because of one or two reasons; this will be our last meeting and I’m going to crave for more every single day in my life. You’re so addictive that your absence will killing me.

I’ve been pathetic these days; I drank myself to sleep, I barely eat, I only sleep for 2 hours, and I couldn’t wake up from sleep without crying. I even cried in the shower today. And I’m not going to let myself become so much worse after meeting you. I’m miserable already. God only knows how much I love you. And God only knows how often I prayed for your happiness.
a quarter past nine p.m.,
Tags: Sahabat, Surat, Life, Letters, Friendship

i, am one of the people who know you are stronger, than ever.

your hand, your feet, your shoulder, your eyes, ears, and also your heart, beat faster.

they are more than your lover.

your soul, is more than its lover.

you, just can be dark, if you let it be.

you, just can be weak, if you let it be.

but you, have a chance to not letting it be.
Text of my letter to the CDC regarding vaccination priorities
By: Mayor Eric Johnson
Tags: Covid 19, Letters

On Monday, I sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Here is the full text of the letter.

Dear Chairman Romero:

I am reaching out to you on behalf of the nearly 1.4 million people who call the City of Dallas home. Like many other cities in the United States, the City of Dallas has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. While we continue to urge our residents to practice social distancing, to avoid crowds, to maintain good hygiene, and to wear masks, we are seeing a sharp increase in new cases and hospitalizations. Thankfully, with viable vaccines on the horizon, our residents are hopeful that an end to this pandemic is in sight.

It is my understanding that on December 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. I also understand you will discuss which populations should receive the first doses. It is my sincere hope that, after healthcare workers, first responders, and the most vulnerable, you will consider making it a priority to deliver the vaccine to minority populations that have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

In Dallas, 66% of our population is Black or Hispanic. We are seeing higher rates of infection among these residents, and they represent an even greater percentage of the cases requiring hospitalization. They also make up a greater percentage of the deaths caused by the coronavirus. These disparities can be attributed to a variety of factors, including a lack of access to quality healthcare and a greater prevalence of high-risk health factors that causes the virus to impact these populations more severely than others. Many of our essential workers are also people of color, which likely helps drive the higher infection rates among Black and Hispanic families.

The City of Dallas is not unique in seeing these disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on lives and livelihoods in our underserved communities. I hope you will consider this local perspective and this request as you discuss what will become the federally recommended guidelines for the vaccine in the coming days.

I also implore you and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to provide detailed information on the potential side effects of the vaccine. Recent polls suggest more than half of Americans are worried about the potential side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine and do not plan to take it when it becomes available. Distrust in the process and in the vaccine could prolong this pandemic, causing harm to the health and welfare of more of our residents. It is critical that all those who are designated as eligible to receive the vaccine clearly understand the potential risks of taking it — as well as the risks of not taking it.

Thank you for your time and consideration. If I can provide any additional information to assist with your deliberations, please do not hesitate to reach out.
曝鹿設計專欄－任何沒有計劃的學習，都只是作秀而已
By: Jhane Chou, ᴗ
Tags: Letters

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What are you grateful to Allah for the most? (#Prompt)
By: Umm Aadam Zahra V
Tags: Letters, Gratitude, Allah, Alhamdulillah

What are you grateful to Allah for the most? (#Prompt)

Oh Allah

Rabbee

My Rabb,

There are times I wish I could break open my chest so I may see my heart as it shines with Your glorification and gratitude.

Times I wonder if the black stains of my uncountable sins have reached the crevices of this miraculous organ within my body, which then propels me to run back to You, like a child desperate to earn forgiveness.

Times when Your remembrance overwhelms my heart, like the sudden, sometimes random, downpour of rain that leaves the earth rejuvenated.

And in times then, as well as in the time now, I find every ounce of my being radiating with the realization of الحمد لله.

الحمد لله

When I have just the right amount of milk needed to make a refreshing cup of chai for two, while I thought there wouldn’t be enough.

الحمد لله

When I happen to say just the right thing to a sister in Islam who was in need of some advice, when they reached out, sought an ear and I was able to help.

الحمد لله

When the very last sip of water in a bottle quenches my thirst like I’d never expected, even as I watched each of my dear ones already drank their fill from it yet it was just enough.



الحمد لله

When You, oh Allah, bring friends into my life, that remind me of You when they speak, meet or write, and I know they make the same dua as I do " Ya Rabbee give us a home next to each other in Jannah".

الحمد لله

When I remember how a lecture guided me towards my purpose in life, when You made means for The Qur'an to be handed to me, and how an ayah then caused my heart to open for Your deen.

الحمد لله

When I reflected and understood, how You first broke me, rendered me helpless, caused me to seek out the truth, and then You engulfed me in Your Mercy, and healed me, remolded me, and guided my every step in life thereafter.

الحمد لله

For being able to seek, find and take lessons from all of the small things, and the big things, amidst the highs and the lows in my Life.

For the Qur’an.

How many walk the earth even now, unaware of Your blessings and deprived of Your mercy, as I once was, and as I now seek Your Protection from ever being caused to go astray again.

And so I thank You ya Allah, Rabbee

For granting my tongue and heart the ability to even say Alhamdulillah.

-

Umm Aadam

#letterstothesoul
A squid letter
Tags: Stamp, Digital, Japanese Culture, Kanji, Letters

It will grow in the dark.

I received a letter from my niece; she is a junior high school student and she loves writing and drawing; we saw each other before pandemic.

First, I saw the brown envelop letter, it’s quit heavy.

Then I opened the brown envelop a squid letter includes for my reply. She said it was cute and want to share with me and reply me using unopened squid letter.

The package said it will grow in the dark!

These days all conversation will end with LINE, WhatsApp and WeChat. So I almost forgot how to write correct Kanji, because I don’t need it, always iPhone suggests me Kanji and I just picked them up.

She reminds me I still have stamps over 10 years ago because 80 yen stamps couldn’t use in 2020. I need to add another 4 yen stamp if I want to send a letter.

She also reminds me it’ not only digital world exists. I never show my stamps collections to my niece, but she might like it? May be.
Choose your king wisely.
By: Life Lettters
Tags: Letter, Leadership, Leadership Development, Devotional, King

Letters of Exhortation

26th November 2020

Shalom and welcome to today’s "devotional letter" (an Open Heavens Devotional Review )

Our topic says

CHOOSE YOUR KING WISELY.

Authority reference;

Eccl.10.16 - Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, And your princes feast in the morning!

Eccl.10.17 - Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, And your princes feast at the proper time-- For strength and not for drunkenness!

Eccl.10.18 - Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands the house leaks.
Grandmother ❤️
By: Leonel Carvalho
Tags: Médium, Reflections, Love, Grandmother, Letters

Foto by Christian Bowen from unsplash

I am sure that your prayers are one of the reasons for me to stay alive. Always concerned about her family, her greatest wealth, her grandchildren. Joy in the heart, sadness in the eyes for those who saw it go. Older with the strength of a young woman. Always willing and willing to move on. This is my grandmother. She taught us that time passes. But education and humility prevail and things change, so love your neighbor without expect too much in return.
🔰How to Data Recover Files from Corrupted USB and Memory Card🔰
By: R S
Tags: Mac, Data Recovery Software, Data Recovery, USB, Windows

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

🌀Step 1 First download M3 Data Recovery software and install in your Windows or Mac.

🌀Step 2 Once your download complete after connect your Pen Drive or Memory Card to your computer.

🌀Step 3 Now run the program and click Data Recovery module.

🌀Step 4 Choose your pen drive or memory card and then click Next=> to search your lost data.

🌀Step 5 M3 Data Recovery will analyze every sector on the selected volume and then find the lost files.

🌀Step 6 When the scan finishes, you will be able to preview found files. Then select files you want to recover and save
If you’re using AFP to share a Mac drive, It’s time to change
By: Alex Korsun
Tags: Afp, Mac

If you’re using AFP to share a Mac drive, It’s time to change

Apple began phasing in the use of its SSD-friendly APFS file system with High Sierra for SSD-only Macs, and then upgraded Fusion Drive-based Macs in Mojave. In Big Sur, Time Machine volumes can finally be formatted with APFS, too. But in this transition, one capability was quietly lost: APFS volumes cannot be shared for network access via Apple’s relatively ancient Apple Filing Protocol (AFP).

AFP dates to the pre-OS X days, with a version appearing in System 6 in the late 1980s. As with most older protocols, it got long in the tooth, and Apple went from just supporting the Windows and Linux world’s SMB to shifting to it as the only built-in sharing method. Way back in OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Apple began moving away from AFP in favor of the industry-standard SMB, although it still hasn’t removed support.

In Big Sur, Apple dropped the ability to share volumes via AFP entirely, but even though Catalina retained AFP-sharing support, as noted above, APFS-formatted volumes could not be shared over AFP. macOS Sierra though Catalina “fails silently” in this method, letting you turn on AFP in the Sharing preference pane’s File Sharing section, even if there are no volumes that AFP can share. (Big Sur can still mount AFP-shared volumes.)

I suggest disabling AFP sharing on any Mac running Catalina or earlier versions that you no longer have HFS+ drives mounted or plan to mount in the future:

Open the Sharing preference pane. Click the File Sharing item at left. Click the Options button. If you see an option for AFP, uncheck it. Check “Share filse and folders using SMB” if it isn’t selected. Click Done.

The only reason this typically matters, however, is on other Macs. When you have a stored alias on one Mac that points to another, and which was a connection originally made over AFP. The alias will still try to work if the other computer is sharing via AFP, even if the volume is no longer shared over AFP.

The solution?

Delete your alias. In the Finder, choose Go > Network. Double-click the computer you want to share from. Enter login information for that Mac if prompted. (If may be stored in your Keychain and the login handled silently.) Double-click the volume you want to link to. Select the volume. See below for methods. Choose File > Make Alias or hold down Command and Option while dragging to create an alias.

You can select the volume in step 6 in one of several ways:

In the Locations section of the sidebar, click the remote Mac, then in the resulting Finder window, double-click the volume you want to make an alias from. Navigate up one level and proceed to step 7.

In Finder > Preferences, make sure that in the General tab you have selected “Connected servers.” This will make any mounted drives appear on the Desktop, where you can select them in step 6 and proceed to step 7.

This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Gabriel.

Originally published at https://www.macworld.com/article/3600899/using-afp-to-share-a-mac-drive-its-time-to-change.html
How to select multiple items on a PC or Mac with just two mouse clicks
By: Rick Rouse
Tags: Computers, Mac Os X, Mac, Windows, Windows 10

You probably already know that holding down the Ctrl key on a Windows PC or the Command key on a Mac will allow you to select multiple items one at a time.

The thing is, if you have a lot of items to select it can get a bit tedious and boring by the time the task is finished.

But did you know there’s a super-easy way to select multiple consecutive items with just two mouse clicks?

Here’s how to do it on both Windows machines and Macs:

1 — Click on the first item you wish to select in order to highlight it.

2 — Press and hold the Shift key.

3 — Click on another item in the list and you’ll see that that both items you clicked on PLUS all the items between the two are now selected.

That’s all there is to it. Pretty neat, huh? It’s amazing what these little gadgets can do!

Bonus tip: Click here for several other handy mouse tricks!

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Python Env setup for Mac
By: Bipul Kuri
Tags: Development, Python, Bash, Mac

Proper and clean way of Python install on mac

First install pyenv

brew install pyenv

Look at the available python versions

pyenv install --list

and then select a version to install

$pyenv install 3.9.0

python-build: use openssl@1.1 from homebrew

python-build: use readline from homebrew

Downloading Python-3.9.0.tar.xz...

-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.0/Python-3.9.0.tar.xz

Installing Python-3.9.0...

python-build: use readline from homebrew

python-build: use zlib from xcode sdk

Installed Python-3.9.0 to /Users/jondoe/.pyenv/versions/3.9.0

$

setup the bash profile

$echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then

eval "$(pyenv init -)"

fi' >> ~/.bash_profile

or zsh
5 Terminal commands every developer should know
By: Vicky Av
Tags: Linux Commands, Terminal Commands, Mac, Terminal, Macos

Image taken from https://itnext.io/upgrading-bash-on-macos-7138bd1066ba

1. Source command

Source command executes the contents of the file which is passed as the argument to it

Sample

Let’s say we have two Java versions — Java 8 & Java 11

We often switch between the versions by changing the JAVA_HOME in ~/.bash_profile

~/.bash_profile pointing to Java 11

~/.bash_profile pointing to Java 8

If we edit the ~/.bash_profile file, we need to restart our terminal for the changes to reflect

But with source command, we can see the changes reflect in current terminal session itself. Just do
The Mac is Poised to Take the iPhone’s Performance Crown
By: Dan Hansen
Tags: M Series, Apple, Productivity, Mac, M3

APPLE SILICON

The Mac is Poised to Take the iPhone’s Performance Crown

The Road to the M1 Macs

Ever since Johny Srouji led the development of the Apple A4, the first Apple-designed system on a chip, the iPhone has delivered impressive annual performance gains, quickly becoming the fastest smartphone in the world. Then something even more remarkable happened, with the release of the A10 Fusion chip in 2016, the iPhone was suddenly faster than any MacBook Air ever made. By 2019, the iPhone 11’s A13 Bionic Soc delivered faster single-core performance than every Intel-based Mac in Apple’s lineup.

And just as long as there have been A-Series chips, Intel has been worried that Apple would eventually place its own processors in Macs. While they planned to fight off this threat by innovating with their own CPUs, Intel failed to execute, continuing to deliver 14nm processors since 2014. Meanwhile, Apple, whose 2014 A8 was manufactured on a 20nm process, saw its processors improve to 16nm in 2015, 10nm in 2017, 7nm in 2018, and 5nm in 2020.

After years of rumors and speculation, Apple finally announced the Mac’s transition to its own silicon at this year’s WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference). That announcement was followed up by the November 10 release of the new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, powered by the M1 SoC, Apple’s first chip designed specifically for the Mac.
Neural Mix Pro 1.0.3 Mac Torrent
By: Aisha Mughal
Tags: Mac

Neural Mix Pro 1.0.3 Full Mac is a revolutionary technology to deconstruct and mix music in real-time. Instantly isolate beats, instruments, and vocals based on cutting-edge AI. Algoriddim has now released Neural Mix Pro, a standalone music player and editor for Mac that promises to let you separate instruments and vocals in any song and export individual tracks so they can be used in your DAW.

Welcome to Neural Mix Pro, the AI-powered music player & editor for producers, DJs, and musicians. You can create beat-precise loops, change tempo, and transpose the key of a song, all while removing vocals, percussive, or harmonic parts in real-time. The advanced offline export allows you to extract acappellas and instrumentals of any song in pristine sound quality for use in your favorite DJ or music production software.

Neural Mix Pro 1.0.3 Mac Torrent Features

Offline Export — the ability to extract instrumentals and acapellas, compatible with your favorite DJ tool or DAW

Loop Export — enabling you to extract samples or beat-matched loops of any instruments

An AI Music Player — that lets you time-stretch, pitch-shift, and loop. You can also mute an instrument and play along.

Download Here
Install ansible on mac
By: Janny Hou
Tags: Ansible, Ansible Tutorial, Mac

This article is about my experience of installing ansible on mac, and some tips.

The preferred way to install Ansible on a Mac is with pip . Follow the instructions in https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#from-pip

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

python get-pip.py --user

python -m pip install --user ansible

You may encounter an error complaining some modules not found. That is caused by the issue discussed here: https://github.com/googlesamples/assistant-sdk-python/issues/264

The solution is:

sudo easy_install nose

sudo easy_install tornado

Then install ansible using pip again python -m pip install — user ansible .

After the installation, you may need to export ansible’s path to have cli ansible working. Follow the answer in https://superuser.com/questions/1302028/ansible-installed-on-mac-with-success-message-but-not-found. Run

pip uninstall ansible

to find where ansible is installed, remember type “no” to reject the uninstallation. And export it in the .bash_profile . In my case is:

export PATH="$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/bin:$PATH"

Don’t forget to source ~/.bash_profile .

Now you can check the ansible version as
Tech that died as we jump into 2020
By: Quecko Inc
Tags: Tech, Instagram, Apple, Mac

Rapid technological and digital advancements don’t make it possible for technological products to stay for long unless they’re exceptionally convenient.

iTunes for Mac

Apple established a jukebox software, iTunes, in 2001. iTunes started as software that contained all of your entertainment but after some years it became Apple’s most hated app. During its reign, it became a model for how to legally download media. Apple shut down iTunes for Mac in 2019, replacing it with three different software Apple TV, Apple Music, and Apple Podcast.

Google+

Tech giant, Google established a social network by the name of Google+ in 2011, built not a social media network but an identity service. The platform after not meeting the expectations was to be closed in August when a bug was found that disclosed over 50 million users' data leading to an earlier official shut down in April 2019.

Windows 10 Mobile

Microsoft launched a mobile operating system, Windows 10 Mobile, in 2015. It was an edition of Microsoft’s PC operating system, a successor to Windows Phone 8.1. Support for this system was stopped in December of 2019 but one last patch was granted to it in January when support for Windows 7 ended too.

Windows

Windows 7 was an operating system released in 2009. It came after Windows Vista and became a stable OS that was even favored after the release of Windows 8 and 10. Windows 7 is said to be the best OS ever developed. Support was ended on January 14th meaning no patches or security updates will no longer be updated for Windows 7.

Instagram Direct App

Instagram launched Instagram Direct in 2013, which was a way for people to directly share photos with their friends. However, the direct message was already present in the main app so Instagram direct was not much popular and was discontinued in May 2019.