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Be Happy
Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their mind to be. Abraham Lincoln It’s true, happiness is a state of mind.That being said, it helps to surround yourself with what you love. The loved ones in our lives can’t always be there, yet we can work to be enveloped by things that…
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Flowers and Books
How to be happy when you are miserable. Plant Japanese poppies with cornflowers and mignonette, and bed out the petunias among the sweet peas so that they shall scent each other. See the sweet peas coming up. Drink very good tea out of a thin Worcester cup of a color between apricot and pink. Rumer…
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Whimsy
I’ve learned to respect the whimsical Michael Leunig These two creatures in the photo occupy important real estate in our living room . Dim Sum, the cat, my son adopted during a trip to Hong Kong. She was a gift to me. Her name pays homage to my favorite Chinese food. Archie, the Scottish Terrier,…
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Nesting
I see time flies, when birds flew to their nests The wind is blowing wild; but never mind They keep flying toward home for rest. Raigon Stanley I noticed this birdhouse collage, for the first time, when I was at the Botanic Gardens last weekend. It reminded me of the uniqueness of our own homes.…
Aging with Grace 