Category Archives: life around us

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 14

don’t forget the rain • don’t forget the rain makes things grow… Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 12

Forty year old bulbs • every year a yellow • wonder – daffodils Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 9

today the sunlight • flashing in the bare garden • so strong, so yellow Continue reading →

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One Good Thing EveryWhere EveryDay

In other words – pay attention to the small stuff and be prepared to be amazed. A leaf here, a bird there, and before you know it spring has sprung. If you hadn’t looked you might have missed the whole wonderful thing! Continue reading →

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The Gettysburg Address

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. Continue reading →

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