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Read more: A snail dayI’ve written Christmas cards, mailed packages and invited friends to my house for a birthday lunch. Today I am moving at a slower pace, and…
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Read more: Speak to strangersCarme, a character in Isabel Allende’s book A Long Petal of the Sea, “resolved to speak to strangers, since she had discovered that people like…
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Read more: Life is how we tell itCarme, a character in Isabel Allende’s book A Long Petal of the Sea, wrote down her recollections. She wrote them down “as a precaution, in…
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Read more: Be boredI hope you have many peaceful, pleasant moments during the holidays—and maybe even a few moments when you are bored?! Kyle Steed is a Dallas…
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Read more: Be happierI am making a promise to myself to be happier and more thankful and more peaceful during this holiday season. F. Scott Fitzgerald once reminded…
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Read more: Thanks and givingMy friend Lynn sent me a note with a quote I really like. It’s appropriate for Thanksgiving—and for the entire holiday season. “May your heart…
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Read more: Be thankfulI am thankful for pecan pie and mashed potatoes—and, most of all, I’m thankful that my daughter and her husband will be here for Thanksgiving—and…
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Read more: Be merry and mellow!This is one of my favorite autumn poems. I think I have posted it before! Sing apples and peaches and pears! Singe orange and scarlet…
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Read more: Moments of blissThe leaves on one of the trees in my front yard are turning red. I am reminded of a quote from Emily Bronte: “Every leaf…
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Read more: Sometimes she is depressedJane Goodall has hope. She wrote a book called The Book of Hope, but, in an interview in the November 5, 2021, issue of The…