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Gardens
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Marcus Tulllius Cicero I agree with Cicero. It doesn’t get much better than a garden and a library. The natural progression is to carry a book outside into the garden and have the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, if you live in […]
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Friendship
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. Ed Cunningham I looked up the definition of friend and the one I like best is from Merriam-Webster, “ A person you like and enjoy being with. A person who supports someone or something (such as a cause […]
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Begin Again
You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. C.S. Lewis When I first read this C. S. Lewis quote, I thought about the pandemic and medical experts advice that, as a country, we could still do the right thing and make a difference in […]
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Uncomplicated
I like old bookstores, the smell of coffee brewing, rainy day naps, farmhouse porches, and sunsets. I like the sweet simple things that remind me that life doesn’t have to be complicated to be beautiful. Brooke Hampton This photo was taken at the Botanic Gardens just as a cloud passed across the sun and it […]
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Teaching
I am enough of a realist to understand that I can’t reach every child, but I am more of an optimist to get up ever morning and try. Preston Morgan We ask a lot of teachers. Recently, even suggesting that they learn how to use a gun to defend their classrooms. Now, we come to […]
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Planning
For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. African Proverb Not a planner? In our current circumstances, it’s becoming more and more difficult to move through our daily life without preparing. It’s not so much a complaint, as it is an observation. Our lives have changed in more ways than we might […]
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Choices
Life is about choices, and the grace – or lack thereof – with which you execute them is a make or break moment in anyone’s life. Gina Torres In today’s world, seemingly small choices can have big consequences. Do I go out to dinner, go to church, get on an airplane? Actions we once took […]
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Little Things
View from the Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. Arthur Conan Doyle During this time of less, little things have become more important. Sitting on the patio, in the shade of an umbrella, with the sun sizzling down. A […]
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Caring
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. Margaret Mead Today, more than ever, our actions matter. This was brought home to me as I listened to stories of two women who’s husbands had died from the Corona virus. At the beginning of March, I […]
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Equal Rights
I am a feminist. I’ve been female for a long time now. It would be stupid not to be on my own side. Maya Angelou Earlier this year, I saw the play, “When We Were Young and Unafraid” by Sarah Treem. Set in 1972, it is the story of women coming together in a safe […]
Aging with Grace 