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“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” So said Benjamin Franklin in his […]
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“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” So said Benjamin Franklin in his […]
It sometimes seems like the more you seek – and we are really all seekers, aren’t we? – the less […]
“Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Just kicking down the cobblestones Looking for […]
I picked up a violin for the first time when I was forty-something. I knew absolutely nothing about violins, or […]
“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” (~William Goldman) Life is hard. You know this […]
It could go wrong. But it could go right. You could fail. But you just may fly. It might be […]
So, we’re past the Winter Solstice which means that winter is officially ours to play with and the days are […]
You’ve heard the expressions, right? Almost two years into this pandemic we all know them. “The Big Quit”. “The Great […]
It is, perhaps, the easiest and the hardest way to self-discovery. Easy, because it’s simple. Hard, because to really be […]
Okay, so here’s what we really kind of all need to stop doing. In general. In life. In my opinion. […]
Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human […]
Anyone who writes, or does anything creative for that matter, knows that it (whatever “it” is) starts somewhere inexplicable. The […]
The choices we make, make the life that we live. What to do, what to think, what to believe. Whether […]
I don’t know many people who complain about having too much time. Okay, really, I don’t know any people who […]
I didn’t post yesterday. Or the two days before that, either. Which is kind of a record for me, at […]
I love Rumi. I don’t always understand Rumi, but I love him nonetheless. And then sometimes I do understand him. […]
Yeah, so 2018 turns itself in in four days, and 2019 gets the spotlight and me? Well, I’m wondering what […]
I’ve taken to listening to Christmas records in the afternoons lately. Okay, this is not so surprising, since it’s December. […]
It’s December 3rd and already my to-do list is three pages long. Typed. Single spaced. 10 point font. There’s not […]
today is the day live your life with abandon be good to yourself fall in love create happiness be courageous […]