Michael W. Cook, author
@mikecook-author.bsky.social
Award-Winning Author | Retired Military | PhD Candidate. 📕Meditations for Modern Man | 📗Passamaquoddy Legends | 📘Shadows of the Trees | 🧩Puzzle Book Vols 1-3
https://cook-publications.mailchimpsites.com/
Eastport, Maine, United States
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https://cook-publications.mailchimpsites.com/
Eastport, Maine, United States
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Passamaquoddy Legends Puzzle Book Vol 3: Crosswords, Cryptograms, Fill-in-the-blanks, Mazes, Sudoku, Word Searches, & more
Train your mind with the , learn about Native American culture, and have fun with a variety of puzzles
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New Release! Passamaquoddy Legends Vol 3: Amazing Master Rabbit
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Quote of the day:
"If a fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise.”
-William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and painter
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"If a fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise.”
-William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and painter
#WritingCommunity #WritersLift
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November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Quote of the day:
"If a fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise.”
-William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and painter
#WritingCommunity #WritersLift
"If a fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise.”
-William Blake (1757-1827), English poet and painter
#WritingCommunity #WritersLift
Happy Caturday writers & readers
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November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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It’s Black Friday!
27 days until Christmas
34 days until New Years
#writerslift #writingcommunity #holidays
27 days until Christmas
34 days until New Years
#writerslift #writingcommunity #holidays
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November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It’s Black Friday!
27 days until Christmas
34 days until New Years
#writerslift #writingcommunity #holidays
27 days until Christmas
34 days until New Years
#writerslift #writingcommunity #holidays
I finally located an appropriate shadow box for my Outstanding Creator and Readers Favorite book award medals.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I finally located an appropriate shadow box for my Outstanding Creator and Readers Favorite book award medals.
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#bookawards
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Quote of the day:
“Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.”
-Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658), Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
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“Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.”
-Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658), Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
#WritingCommunity #WritersLift
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Quote of the day:
“Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.”
-Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658), Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
#WritingCommunity #WritersLift
“Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.”
-Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658), Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
#WritingCommunity #WritersLift
Holiday Countdown 🔢
As of today, there are only:
- 3 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 31 days until Christmas 🎄
- 38 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
#HolidayCountdown #Thanksgiving #ChristmasCountdown #NewYear
As of today, there are only:
- 3 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 31 days until Christmas 🎄
- 38 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
#HolidayCountdown #Thanksgiving #ChristmasCountdown #NewYear
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Holiday Countdown 🔢
As of today, there are only:
- 3 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 31 days until Christmas 🎄
- 38 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
#HolidayCountdown #Thanksgiving #ChristmasCountdown #NewYear
As of today, there are only:
- 3 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 31 days until Christmas 🎄
- 38 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
#HolidayCountdown #Thanksgiving #ChristmasCountdown #NewYear
One of my favorite movie scenes. Can you name the movie?
#usconstitution #greatmen #freedom
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#usconstitution #greatmen #freedom
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Power should answer to people, not rule over them... 😳😳😳 #truelife #edwardgrobinson
YouTube video by TOONFY CLIP
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November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
One of my favorite movie scenes. Can you name the movie?
#usconstitution #greatmen #freedom
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#usconstitution #greatmen #freedom
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Happy Caturday, readers & writers!
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November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I love watching @OMGTheWhyFiles
@19:00 Best part of this Psyops video:
“.. a quirky little man named Fauci who worked for the government said he was the science.”
Thank you @ajgentile
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@19:00 Best part of this Psyops video:
“.. a quirky little man named Fauci who worked for the government said he was the science.”
Thank you @ajgentile
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Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time
YouTube video by The Why Files
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November 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I love watching @OMGTheWhyFiles
@19:00 Best part of this Psyops video:
“.. a quirky little man named Fauci who worked for the government said he was the science.”
Thank you @ajgentile
m.youtube.com/watch?v=X46H...
@19:00 Best part of this Psyops video:
“.. a quirky little man named Fauci who worked for the government said he was the science.”
Thank you @ajgentile
m.youtube.com/watch?v=X46H...
Quote of the day:
"Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori."
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love!
-Publius Vergilius “Virgil” Maro (70-19 BC), Roman poet tenth Eclogue
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"Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori."
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love!
-Publius Vergilius “Virgil” Maro (70-19 BC), Roman poet tenth Eclogue
#WritingCommunity #writerslift
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Quote of the day:
"Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori."
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love!
-Publius Vergilius “Virgil” Maro (70-19 BC), Roman poet tenth Eclogue
#WritingCommunity #writerslift
"Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori."
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love!
-Publius Vergilius “Virgil” Maro (70-19 BC), Roman poet tenth Eclogue
#WritingCommunity #writerslift
This evening I successfully completed my PhD Dissertation Proposal. Looking forward to data collection in the spring and defending my final Dissertation in the summer. Almost there!🧐
#phdstudent #dissertationdefence #postgraduatestudy
#phdstudent #dissertationdefence #postgraduatestudy
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November 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This evening I successfully completed my PhD Dissertation Proposal. Looking forward to data collection in the spring and defending my final Dissertation in the summer. Almost there!🧐
#phdstudent #dissertationdefence #postgraduatestudy
#phdstudent #dissertationdefence #postgraduatestudy
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November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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What do you think about the penny being discontinued?
“The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday… ach one costs nearly 4 cents to make… Billions of pennies are still in circulation and will remain legal tender, but new ones will no longer be made.”
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“The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday… ach one costs nearly 4 cents to make… Billions of pennies are still in circulation and will remain legal tender, but new ones will no longer be made.”
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US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years
The U.S. has ended production of the penny. The last 1-cent coins were made Wednesday at the mint in Philadelphia.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What do you think about the penny being discontinued?
“The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday… ach one costs nearly 4 cents to make… Billions of pennies are still in circulation and will remain legal tender, but new ones will no longer be made.”
Source: apnews.com/article/us-m...
“The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday… ach one costs nearly 4 cents to make… Billions of pennies are still in circulation and will remain legal tender, but new ones will no longer be made.”
Source: apnews.com/article/us-m...
For Veterans Day / Remembrance Day:
"In Flanders Fields"
by Col. John McCrae
"In Flanders Fields"
by Col. John McCrae
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For Veterans Day / Remembrance Day:
"In Flanders Fields"
by Col. John McCrae
"In Flanders Fields"
by Col. John McCrae
Happy 250th Birthday, USMC.
Image from USAA
Image from USAA
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Happy 250th Birthday, USMC.
Image from USAA
Image from USAA
Quote of the day:
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
-Jim Rohn (1930-2009) entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
-Jim Rohn (1930-2009) entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Quote of the day:
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
-Jim Rohn (1930-2009) entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
-Jim Rohn (1930-2009) entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker
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November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Do you believe this? #coke #soda #sugar
With the thousands of Mtn Dews and Cokes I’ve drank in my life, I should be deac already.
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With the thousands of Mtn Dews and Cokes I’ve drank in my life, I should be deac already.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Do you believe this? #coke #soda #sugar
With the thousands of Mtn Dews and Cokes I’ve drank in my life, I should be deac already.
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With the thousands of Mtn Dews and Cokes I’ve drank in my life, I should be deac already.
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Quote of the day:
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.”
-Will Rogers (1879-1935), American humorist, actor, and columnist
#quoteoftheday #philosophy #debt
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.”
-Will Rogers (1879-1935), American humorist, actor, and columnist
#quoteoftheday #philosophy #debt
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Quote of the day:
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.”
-Will Rogers (1879-1935), American humorist, actor, and columnist
#quoteoftheday #philosophy #debt
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.”
-Will Rogers (1879-1935), American humorist, actor, and columnist
#quoteoftheday #philosophy #debt
Quote of the day:
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia
#democracy #republic #voting
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia
#democracy #republic #voting
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Quote of the day:
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia
#democracy #republic #voting
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia
#democracy #republic #voting
Holiday Countdown 🔢
As of today, there are only:
- 22 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 50 days until Christmas 🎄
- 57 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Enjoy the rest of 2025
As of today, there are only:
- 22 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 50 days until Christmas 🎄
- 57 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Enjoy the rest of 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Holiday Countdown 🔢
As of today, there are only:
- 22 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 50 days until Christmas 🎄
- 57 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Enjoy the rest of 2025
As of today, there are only:
- 22 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 50 days until Christmas 🎄
- 57 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Enjoy the rest of 2025
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Happy Caturday, readers & writers!
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Happy Caturday, readers & writers!
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November 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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As of today, there are only:
- 26 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 54 days until Christmas 🎄
- 61 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
- 26 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 54 days until Christmas 🎄
- 61 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
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November 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
As of today, there are only:
- 26 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 54 days until Christmas 🎄
- 61 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
- 26 days until Thanksgiving 🦃
- 54 days until Christmas 🎄
- 61 days until New Year's Day 🥂
Spend time with your family and enjoy the rest of 2025
What are your favorite Halloween shows?
My top 3: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, & Hocus Pocus.
My top 3: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, & Hocus Pocus.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
What are your favorite Halloween shows?
My top 3: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, & Hocus Pocus.
My top 3: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, & Hocus Pocus.