Lifestyle
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The Elusive Quest for Perfection
Have no fear of perfection-you’ll never reach it. Salvador Dali Aging and perfection are at odds, I’ve found. It’s a problem on a couple of levels. First, I don’t know of anyone who has ever been able to avoid aging and second, the older I become the harder it is to achieve perfection. The garland…
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The Waving Girl
One of the risks of being quiet is that people can fill your silence with their own interpretations. Sophia Dembling From a young age, Florence Martus was captivated with the ships that sailed through the port of Savannah. She begin to greet them with a wave of her handkerchief as they passed by. Once started,…
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The Afternoon Knows
The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. Robert Frost This portrait of me, by Hendrik Grise, sits on the mantle above the fireplace. It moved around the condo for a few years and eventually, settled where it is now. I have considered moving it to a less visible location. Nevertheless, it remains where it…
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Challenges
There is always a gift in any challenge. Bronnie Ware. Life is made up of challenges. Some small, some catastrophic. Let me begin with telling you this comes under the small category. My hope is in facing challenges, of any size, we are able to learn something through the experience. A couple of months ago,…
