memories
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The Christmas Village
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Calvin Coolidge (I revisited a post I wrote in 2021, and it’s filled with a sense of nostalgia. A few years ago, I decided…
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Past is Present
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice While cleaning out some files, I ran across a few old photos I hadn’t looked at in years. It sent me into a time portal. Once again seeing people and places…
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Treasured People and Books
Grandparents can be very special resources. Just being close to them reassures a child, without words, about change and continuity, about what went before and what will come after. Fred Rogers Seeing Queen Elizabeth brought back memories of my grandmother. They both had a sparkle in their eyes that was reassuring. You knew when you…
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Home
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. Jane Austen A family Fourth of July table. Demitasse for a European feel. Ann Estelle, dressed for March, looking down from the side of refrigerator. Cupcakes made during one of my rare moods to bake something. Postcards from art exhibits I’ve been to, hung from…
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Seize the Moment
The future is something that everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes in an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. C.S. Lewis Our house is filled with clocks. Antiques, new, big, small, on walls, shelves and chests, time ticks away. No room is without a timepiece. A never ceasing reminder that we cannot…
Aging with Grace 