Category Archives: words

The Gettysburg Address

Perhaps we could all take a moment to read this aloud, and to think of what the words meant then, and mean today. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived … Continue reading

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In Honor of Spring and Frost

Yet all the precedent is on my side: –
I know that winter death has never tried –
The earth but it has failed Continue reading

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Words to Ponder

Thanks to James Gurney for these words from a fine poet. …May your inner eye See through the surfaces And glean the real presence Of everything that meets you May your soul beautify The desire of your eyes That you … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday J.R.R.

Yes it’s that time again to remember the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien and to be strengthened by those he wrote of, who may have seemed small and weak but managed in time of need to be strong enough to do … Continue reading

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Another circle

round the sun yes indeed. There and back again. Finally today the internet guy came and fixed my pitiful internet connection. And then he called my cell phone from my home phone number – probably from the outside box… ah … Continue reading

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