The etymologist finds the deadest words to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson So many topics lack appeal until we gather sufficient detail to capture our attention. As an example, I attended the Indianapolis 500 about 30 years ago. The 50° temps, the near-constant drizzle and the quarter […]
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I realise there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go. ~ Jeffrey McDaniel In His extreme wisdom, God planned nature to sprout, grow, let go, and start over. Some of us humans have a hard time with that, and a small percentage find it almost impossible. Why is that?
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Echoes of life call to me,like sparks of hope in the darkness.Times of play and freedom …The trees we would climb,higher and higher towards the sky,releasing our dreams towards the heavens.~ Susan L. Marshall, All the Hope We Carry I have written about memories a couple of times before. The last one was in August of
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Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you’re thinking in order to make your thinking better. ~ Richard Paul That’s a bit of a convoluted quote, but it was the best I could do. The one I used in January of 2024 was much better, as it cautioned you–and me–to learn a little at a
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