Monthly Archives: November 2013

Late to the Latest Fad

“Nobody drives us crazy like our own family. They’re odd, they push our buttons; they’re the source of our biggest frustrations; but also our greatest joys. It’s not always gonna run smoothly, and we’re not always gonna agree, but in … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving and Family

“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained.” – Winston Churchill “A dog reflects the family life. Whoever … Continue reading

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What’s the sum total?

“I’ve been thinking. Tomorrow it will be twenty-eight years to the day that I’ve been in the service. Twenty-eight years in peace and war. I don’t suppose I’ve been at home more than ten months in all that time. Still, … Continue reading

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Connecting to Greatness

“The very contours of Lincoln’s face in repose lent him a sorrowful aspect. One observer remarked that ‘his face was about the saddest I ever looked upon.’ Another contemporary described his face as ‘slightly wrinkled about the brows, but not … Continue reading

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So Many Books – Part 2

“I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough…the more one reads the more one sees we have to read.” – John Adams “The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books” – Henry … Continue reading

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So Many Books…

“Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin Frodo – “I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf – “So do all who live to see such times. But that … Continue reading

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Fly High

“It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” – Mae C. Jemison – a physician and the first African-American woman to … Continue reading

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