The Golden Dinosaur | Jean Berkompas https://www.goldendinosaur.com/ Ruminations on Life Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:31:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/www.goldendinosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Jeans-Profile-Picture.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Golden Dinosaur | Jean Berkompas https://www.goldendinosaur.com/ 32 32 97086120 Heartbeats https://www.goldendinosaur.com/heartbeats/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/heartbeats/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:31:44 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=655 That’s all we are. Each of us, one heartbeat in the life of the universe. One blink of an eye. Insignificant. We exist because of a fluke of nature, where the ingredients of life just happened to meet at the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/heartbeats/feed/ 1 655 Team Harris! https://www.goldendinosaur.com/team-harris/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/team-harris/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2024 13:18:34 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=642 Team Biden lit the torch for his new administration on January 20th, 2021. His team cruised to victory, eclipsing a torn, tattered, scarred, scared, angry, and vengeful regime. And then Team Biden just kept on going. In the winner’s circle, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/team-harris/feed/ 0 642 What I Might Tell You… https://www.goldendinosaur.com/what-i-might-tell-you/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/what-i-might-tell-you/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:02:03 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=635 Let me start with these facts: I am a woman. I am gay. I served honorably in the United States Army for 8 years. For these three reasons I cannot, in good conscience, vote for any republican candidate, and most … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/what-i-might-tell-you/feed/ 0 635 Where Do You Start When You Don’t Know Where to Start? https://www.goldendinosaur.com/where-do-you-start-when-you-dont-know-where-to-start/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/where-do-you-start-when-you-dont-know-where-to-start/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:04:11 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=628 I had a fellow dog walker ask me how did I get started writing my book? She said she felt she had a book in her, but she didn’t have a clue where to start? I told her you start … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/where-do-you-start-when-you-dont-know-where-to-start/feed/ 5 628 “With Fear for Our Democracy… https://www.goldendinosaur.com/with-fear-for-our-democracy/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/with-fear-for-our-democracy/#comments Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:37:22 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=624 …I dissent.” Those are the final words of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, in her scathing dissent regarding the recent ruling on presidential immunity. We have had some significant, and in my humble opinion, unconscionable, rulings come down from the Supreme … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/with-fear-for-our-democracy/feed/ 2 624 In the Name of…Good Conscience https://www.goldendinosaur.com/in-the-name-of-good-conscience/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/in-the-name-of-good-conscience/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:19:37 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=616 So…a little while back the State of Louisiana mandated that the Ten Commandments must be posted in all schools, visibly and prominently. Then, a few days back, the State of Oklahoma mandated that the Bible be taught in schools. Both … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/in-the-name-of-good-conscience/feed/ 3 616 Made It So! https://www.goldendinosaur.com/made-it-so/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/made-it-so/#respond Tue, 21 May 2024 13:58:25 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=610 Long time coming, but I did it! Wrote my first book. Self-published. Selling on Amazon. A feather in my cap! Which I would put in my cap if I wore a cap. Which I don’t. But here it is, available … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/made-it-so/feed/ 0 610 Monsters https://www.goldendinosaur.com/monsters/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/monsters/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:58:34 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=582 There is an element of society – every society – that creates monsters. They are created with the sole intention of marginalizing or disenfranchising others. Others not like the people creating the monsters. They don’t look like Frankenstein, Dracula, or … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/monsters/feed/ 2 582 Row Your Boat https://www.goldendinosaur.com/row-your-boat/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/row-your-boat/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:45:06 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=578 “Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.”  What if this is true? What if life is but a dream and what if the elephant in the room – which … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.goldendinosaur.com/row-your-boat/feed/ 0 578 2023: The End is Nigh! https://www.goldendinosaur.com/2023-the-end-is-nigh/ https://www.goldendinosaur.com/2023-the-end-is-nigh/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2023 13:45:19 +0000 https://www.goldendinosaur.com/?p=573 Looking back on 2023 I feel – mostly – disappointment. Some in myself for not writing as much (or not at all in the case of this blog) and not being as focused and mindful as I had hoped to … Continue reading →

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