Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Worth Quoting
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When did they first move in? I'm not sure. They always sneak in, starting out small and seemingly harmless. We've run them out before, but they always slip back in, with some new, innocent disguise, some great excuse. They didn't tag along on our honeymoon, I know that. It was probably during those years when…
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If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ~ BUDDHA It took a newcomer to make me slow down yesterday; the recent rains must have coaxed this delicate purple bloom out in the open. I don't remember seeing one like this around here before… but maybe I…
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"If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done." ~John Lubbock Balancing the "need-to"s and the "want-to"s… it's a continual challenge. I believe both are important, but I still catch myself feeling guilty for the…
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Today is life – the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. ~Dale Carnegie Despite an afternoon on the lake with friends yesterday, warmed by the sun, cooled by the water…
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It rained today. A real honest to goodness thunderstorm shook things up around here, one that erased the blue from the sky and lasted for more than just a few minutes. Deer galloped in groups across the golf courses near me and huddled under trees like they were confused yet excited about this wonderful, refreshing…
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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. ~Benjamin Franklin I don't think I'm guilty of time-squandering. Even with my tennis shoes on, Time is outrunning me these days. Another weekend has snuck up on me and I haven't really mentioned the last one. Maybe I just…
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I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. DIANE ACKERMANAmerican writer and naturalist, present day Remember that Garth Brooks song, "The River"? It popped into my head this morning and is…
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Twenty-eight years ago today, Tom and I dismissed superstition by getting married on a Friday the 13th. We were so sure of our decision, so confident of our love and our future together, that we challenged those centuries-old superstitions to a duel. Well, of course they just turned tail and ran, because they could see…
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This day has just been a repeat of the whole week, trying to cram as much in as possible. And without revealing too much (I'm saving it for another post), I'll just quote Bert in "Mary Poppins": "Wind's in the east, mist comin' in. Like something is brewin' about to begin… " That's how my…
Long Hollow 