“We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.” ― Robert Frost . . . . . . These words are mobile. Always moving into the future and pulled strongly from the past. Never set. Never finished. Never perfect. I am the […]
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“The Fibonacci Sequence turns out to be the key to understanding how nature designs . . . and is . . . a part of the same ubiquitous music of the spheres that builds harmony into atoms, molecules, crystals, shells, suns and galaxies and makes the Universe sing.” ― Guy […]
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“Marriage as a long conversation. When marrying you should ask yourself this question: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman into your old age? Everything else in a marriage is transitory, but most of the time that you’re together will be devoted to conversation.” ― […]
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“Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.” ― Laura Ingalls Wilder . . . Pause for a moment of gratitude on your next walk in the woods. Allow your eyes to take in the bright yellows, greens, and oranges all around you. Then let oxygen fill your nostrils and […]
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. . .until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” ― Harper Lee Empathy. Why do you run from me? Why do I hide from you? Why do we seldom find each other? My […]
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“Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry.” ― Thomas Mann A haiku about being the last lone survivor in a crowded room filled with others calling out for attention. . . . One by one they left Until only she remained Alone with her thoughts . . .
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“If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer… If you’re a pretender, come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!” ― Shel Silverstein As […]
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“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.” ― Helen Keller Summer Solstice — the moment the Northern Hemisphere tilts closest to the sun — arrived this past week, marking the official start of summer. Each year, I’ve eagerly awaited the return of the longest […]
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“Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.” ― Oscar Wilde Avanti (ä-ˈvän-tē). An Italian adverb, meaning “Forward!” It’s also the name of a luxury coupe automobile that Studebaker Corporation manufactured from 1962-1963 in my hometown of South Bend, Indiana. But before I go forward too quickly, I first […]
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“I felt a pang — a strange and inexplicable pang that I had never felt before. It was homesickness.” ― Alan Bradley, The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag When I was nine, I went away for the first time to overnight camp. It may or may not have […]
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