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Musings: A Day Off – Sort Of!

By Margo, on July 14th, 2009%

 

Today I didn’t have to be anywhere.  I had no appointments with anyone, nothing specific I had to do.  Days like today are few and far between.  Days like today are a gift, yet even as I draw a huge sigh of relief there is a part of me that dreads them.

The day slowly unfolds as I sit surrounded by nature and enjoy my morning quiet time and breakfast in the screen room.  It is wonderful not to have any pressure to pick up the pace, get showered and ready, and be out the door.  And yet I . . . → Read More: Musings: A Day Off – Sort Of!

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Shared Wisdom: A Few Quotations

By Margo, on July 13th, 2009%

 

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.  (John Ruskin)

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet.   (Anonymous)

Half-hearted effort will get you nowhere.  You must have a zest, a love, a passion for what is important to you!   (Denise Austen)

Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.   (Brenda Ueland)

The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt attention to one another’s existence.   (Sue Atchley Ebaugh)

Every time you . . . → Read More: Shared Wisdom: A Few Quotations

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Dolphins: A Mystical Experience

By Margo, on July 12th, 2009%

This is a story that I wrote twelve years ago.  It will be the first of several dolphin stories that I will share.

In May 97 I traveled from Naples, Italy, where we live, to Rimini on the North East coast of Italy. We stopped there on our way to Venice and because we wanted to visit the tiny Republic of San Marino. After checking into the hotel, we went to have dinner in a local restaurant then decided to go for a walk along the seafront. It was as we were walking that we noticed the bright . . . → Read More: Dolphins: A Mystical Experience

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