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Gratitude Sunday: Simple Excellence

Posted on August 11, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” Albert Schweitzer Sunday Haiku Summer heat breaks, wind cools warmed skin, wet refreshment; flowers … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: What’s The Difference?

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” Mahatma Gandhi Sunday Haiku Japanese pine, … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: The Queen’s New Bed: Part Deux

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: Grief’s Summer Project 2.0

Posted on July 14, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.” Confucius Sunday Haiku Overcast morn brings afternoon’s humidity, evening’s soggy heat. Sunday Musings As hard as I try not to dwell, summers … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: This Very Now

Posted on July 7, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “Meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.” Virgil Sunday Haiku Clouds obscure morning sun, afternoon clears, lighting bright robust roses. Sunday Musings Time is an odd thing. You can’t hold … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: Independence? It’s All Political

Posted on June 30, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political, and religious. All act and react upon one another.” Mahatma Gandhi Sunday Haiku Unstable weather: … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: The Village Auntie

Posted on June 23, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “So you start one person at a time. Change one person, you can change a village.” Robin Quivers Sunday Haiku Mild summer solstice, sun creeps inexorably southward once again. Sunday Musings Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: A Wild Variety Of Abundance

Posted on June 9, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” Joni Mitchell Sunday Haiku Light so bright it hurts eyes accustomed to leafy green graceful branches. Sunday Musings Abundance is such a lovely … Continue reading →

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Gratutude Sunday: Living La No Bootstrap Loca

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by … Continue reading →

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Gratitude Sunday: A Memorial Day For All

Posted on May 26, 2019 by

Gratitude * Sunday Quote of the Week – “Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth.” Shirley Chisholm Sunday Haiku One freaky warm week belies cooler spring days to follow; shawl weather. Sunday Musings As we come … Continue reading →

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