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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…

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more and don’t get so worked up about things. Kennth Branagh Just enjoy life. Often easier said than done. Too often, other thoughts get in the way. We start to worry about a myriad of things, money, family problems, our health  and suddenly our day is ruined.…

Every neighborhood should have a great lady Jane Austen If you notice an abundance of Jane Austen in my writing it’s because I admire her artistry  and I recently bought a book of quotes from her work. She was a successful author at a time when it was not an easy thing for a women…

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. Spanish Proverb Procrastination is, without a doubt, one of my biggest vices.I have no problem overlooking something I planned to do today until tomorrow or next week. Without much effort I can easily postpone it until next month. Once I decide to do it I find …

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use. Emily Post I am, constantly, amazed at the lack of civility in today’s world. Much of society acts as though they were raised by wild animals. If we were taught…

What an immense impression Paris has made on me, It’s the most extraordinary place in the world. Charles Dickens Walking  along the Seine, wandering into an artist colony behind Sacre -Coeur, stopping at a boulangerie for a pain au chocolate while taking a leisurely stroll through one of the many distinct neighborhoods that make up…