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In all aspects of life, we take on a part and appear to be what we wish to be —and thus the world is composed of actors. Francois La Rochefoucauld I am not sure if we all appear what we wish to be. I think some of us appear as what we are, unable to…

If we don’t care about our past, we cannot hope for the future … Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis The Eisenhower Chapel has built in 1941 and was completed  just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. 0ne of four nondenominational military chapels built on the former Lowry Air Force Base, it is listed on the National Register…

When spying a dragonfly dancing on air, your guardian angle is hovering near. Richard Doyle In Native America,  the dragonfly is often viewed as the soul or spirit of a deceased love one who has come back to see them. I was drawn to a little, silver, dragonfly, sculpture while shopping with a friend. She…

It is quality rather than quantity that matters. Lucius Annaeus Seneca The above was often quoted by my Grandmother in regard  to buying, absolutely, anything.  She believed I should buy the best that I could afford. Her reasoning was that, over time, it made more sense to have something that would last than to spend…

Not my circus, not my monkeys. Polish Proverb  I have this proverb, as wallpaper, on my iPhone. The moment I read it, I could relate. Even though experience has taught me better, when I see someone or something with a problem, I want to fix it.  During my career in management, there were many things…

Most of us are great with change, as long as it was our idea. Still Life Louise Penny A dear friend gave me the first book in the Inspector Gamache series, by Louise Penny, for my birthday, this year. I immediately fell in love and have read  twelve of the fourteen books in the series.…

She did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Sense and Sensibility Jane Austin   I find as I become older I am less inclined engage in discussions I realize will go nowhere. Someone with more time than I can wage this war. You’ve probably been there. You’re talking to someone who you realize…

You learn to write by reading and writing, writing and reading. As a craft it’s acquired through the apprentice system, but you choose your own teachers. Sometimes they’re alive, sometimes dead. Margaret Atwood. Like most writers I am a voracious and sometimes indiscriminate reader. I do find as I become older I’m a little less…

There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots; the other, wings. Hodding Carter The summer before his senior year of high school, my son told me he and a friend wanted to fly to an FAA Fly-In at Yellowstone National Park. He wasn’t talking about booking a seat on…