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    Tangoed up & Blue
    Tangoed up & Blue
    Tangoed up & Blue
    Ebook59 pages20 minutes

    Tangoed up & Blue

    By Patrick J. Cole and Barbara Merlotti

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    This is a collection of poetry, prose, and illustrations to share what one man has learned about love and death and dancing.

    It is divided into three sections to convey the passages from "innocence" to "self-absorption" to "acceptance".

    It is filled with words and art that will hopefully provoke the reader to smile or frown, recognize or disagree, and ultimately, consider dancing as a way of expressing feelings that cannot always be put into words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMay 29, 2008
    ISBN9780595615599
    Tangoed up & Blue
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    Patrick J. Cole

    Patrick J. Cole is a management consultant and poet that finds delight in Nature which is often pointed out to him by a canine companion while he attempts to walk mindfully through the woods. Cole mixes his psychology background, perennial wisdom practices, and poetry to deliver his simple message: there’s joy to be found if we know how to look for it. Oh, he’s not the calm, cool, Zen cucumber you might expect. He still feels a range of emotions as he attempts to maintain his PBS practice. What’s PBS? His Zen Buddhist mentor explains that it means Pause, Breathe, and Smile – or, if that doesn’t work, Peanut Butter Sandwich. Both can help avoid negative knee-jerk reactions that often only make life more difficult. While practicing PBS, Cole lives with his wife in rural Missouri relatively near St. Louis. 11/30/2021: Patrick J. Cole is a management consultant and poet who finds delight in nature, especially the hidden wildlife often pointed out to him by a canine companion while he attempts to walk mindfully through the woods. Cole mixes his psychology background, perennial wisdom practices, and poetry to deliver his simple message: there’s joy to be found if we know how to look for it. Oh, Cole might look calm, cool, and collected, but he still feels a range of strong emotions as he attempts to maintain his PBS practice. What is PBS? His Zen Buddhist mentor explains that it means Pause, Breathe, and Smile—or, if that doesn’t work, Peanut Butter Sandwich. Both can help avoid harmful knee-jerk reactions. While practicing PBS, Cole lives with his naturally beautiful wife in rural Missouri, relatively near St. Louis.

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      Tangoed up & Blue - Patrick J. Cole

      Copyright © 2008 by Patrick J. Cole

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them. Art by Barbara Merlotti

      ISBN: 978-0-595-50560-9 (pbk)

      ISBN: 978-0-595-61559-9 (ebk)

      Printed in the United States of America

      For me, to dance is to be awake, aware, and attentive. It is moving meditation and the healing balm of therapy encapsulated in the touch and look of my partner.

      So this book is dedicated to all my dance partners, and

      especially to my favorite dance partner and wife, Linda Merlotti.

      Without her none of this would exist.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Starting Out

      First Love

      New Love

      Secret Names

      Signs of Love

      If Only Once

      Muscle Memory

      Struggling

      Don’t Leave Home Without Me

      Communion

      Father’s Fav’rite Boy

      Why We Dance

      Time is Nobody’s Friend

      One Way Private Road

      Contra-Body Motion

      Letting Go

      This Time

      Love Lessons

      Dance Proficiency

      Too Stubborn to Die

      Embracing CHANGE

      Love Questions

      The Passion and the Shark

      Natural Beauty

      Epilogue

      Introduction

      Traditionally, a woman is expected to follow her dance partner. That is to say, when a

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