Category: Life Style
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Retrospection
The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. Robert Frost I was in my late twenties when this painting was done. Looking back, what I didn’t know could fill volumes. I can’t decide if not knowing what the future holds is a good or a bad thing. I’m sure in some instances I would have […]
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Little Things
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle As I was looking through my photos I saw this one, of miniature roses, taken a few years ago. A friend brought the flowers to me from her garden. I remember, I couldn’t stop […]
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The Times of Your Life
I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. Ovid I heard this quote from, Metamorphoses by Ovid last week and I have been thinking about it ever since. My twenties were some […]
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A Creative Spirit
There is a creative spirit in you desiring to be free, and you may as well get out of it’s way for it will give you no peace until you do. Mary Caroline Richards I do better when I am involved in creative pursuits. Writing helps. Although, I find doing a stitchery project is another […]
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Good Intentions
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. Michael Altshuler I don’t remember when I stopped making New Year’s resolutions. It was a while ago. Follow through is important to me. I guess I became tired of never successfully accomplishing what I set out to do. If you are one […]
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Control
The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over the situation. But you have control over how you view it. Chris Pine I put out my Christmas Village last week. Last year it stayed packed away. We weren’t going to be entertaining in the middle of a pandemic and […]
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A Guardian Spirit
Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly. Mother Teresa Yesterday, Hugo, our Poochon, and I went for our usual morning walk. Wandering through our neighborhood streets, the grass looks like straw and there is no need for a jacket with temperatures in the low 70’s. Yes, Virginia, global warming is real. Usually we […]