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I’m humbled for you allowing my little stories into your world. As Annie Erauax – awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in Literature said – “To write is to fight forgetting.”
May we all be part of that better tomorrow!
Thank you!
Free to Fly
“Uptown, in penthouse number three Uptown, just my baby and me” – Uptown by Roy Orbison Well, after 34 years living in a century farm home, our big move to the city didn’t land us in a penthouse, but we’re happy with our spacious two-bedroom apartment. As we walk through nearby Victoria park, we’re greeted…
Over the years, I’ve often wondered how it is that little things can make a big difference. Take the words “please” and “thank you” – my dad use to say that civility doesn’t cost you anything; and that you attract more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. If these things are true, then…
Last week our youngest celebrated her ‘30 something’ birthday – and what a start to life she’s had! It all began one day when I thought someone had left the radio playing upstairs – only to find one of our girls (then a 3rd grader) singing to herself… unaware of how good she sounded. What…
“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, Give crowns and pounds and guineas, But not your heart away. Keep your fancy free… But, I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me.” When I Was One-and-Twenty, poem by A. E. Housman Have you ever met someone who’s commonly called a “Scrooge” –…
“A mean spirit is first a caller, then a guest, then the master.” – Anonymous As we complain about everyone, the weather, politics, etc, it becomes surprisingly easy to become cynical – despite how justified we feel. “Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” – Mark Twain I have a friend who argued with…
