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The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
 
    —     Elbert Hubbard
 
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On This Day In:
2022 Putin’s Objective In Ukraine?
2021 It’s 12 O’clock Somewhere
  The Way It Is
2020 And #IncompetentDonald Weakens It
2019 Morning Mirror
2018 Wondering About #45
2017 A Prayer For London
2016 Don’t Default
2015 Her Pilgrim Soul
2014 Three Observations
2013 Robbed Again
2012 Good Hearts
2011 Interesting Reading
  What Are You Lookin’ At?
   

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The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2022 Make It Easy
On A Lighter Note
2021 I Hope Not
Diggin’ It
2020 Organized Skepticism
2019 An Interest In Life
2018 Two: A Current President With Both
2017 Watch This Space
2016 Beyond The Foundation
2015 Become An Affliction
2014 Just Setting Out
2013 Scott’s Inscription
2012 Good Knowledge
2011 Social Safety Nets

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Most of the time I played by myself.  Even then I was a loner, and I have stayed a loner all my life.  It can make a man seem a little distant or even aloof – but it has helped pull me through some tight spots and hard times.
    —     Roy Wilkins
Be a loner.  That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth.  Have holy curiosity.  Make your life worth living.
    —     Albert Einstein
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On This Day In:
2022 One World (Our Only Place)…
2021 Move The Heart
Join Hands
2020 He Broke Even
Whoever / Whatever
2019 The Right Anger
Another P&P Review
2018 Does Fatalism Equal Mental Health?
2017 Choice
2016 Growing Worlds
2015 Change The Tide
Martyr, n.
2014 You, Too!
2013 Bitter Stand
2012 Lost For Words
2011 On Market Reactions…

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To handle yourself, use your head;  to handle others, use your heart.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2022 Seek Good
2021 Aging Well
Now And Forever
2020 Always
2019 #45 Is More Of A Piddle Than A Puddle
2018 Found Out
A Message To The “Wanna Be” Dictator On Leadership
2017 Still Waiting…
2016 Same Old, Same Old
2015 Shout!
2014 I Hear Voices
2013 Ethics And Standards
2012 Swing Higher
2011 Convicted For Life

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Every action of ours must be accompanied by a reflection to orient it, to order it, to make it coherent, so that it does not lapse into a sterile and superficial activism.
    —     Gustavo Gutierrez
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On This Day In:
2022 Be Someone For Somebody
2021 Genius (And Other Details)
I Don’t Know Why
Going Into The Deep End
2020 Repercussions For Health
2019 Chained To #45
2018 Some Men Make Their Office As Small As Themselves
2017 Too Many
2016 Not Yet, Anyway
2015 On Pornography
2014 Nudge, Nudge
2013 The Journey Will Be Joy
2012 Hopeful Flights
2011 Irrationally Predictable
Lawful Restraint

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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him;  for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
    ––     Samuel Johnson
From:  “The Life of Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2022 How About: Just Be Kind…
2021 Try To Choose Wisely
Found It
2020 We Have A Window
2019 No Escape
2018 Except When It Is From The Oval Office
2017 Bad Karma
2016 Poor Management Choices
2015 Is It Still Dark Out?
2014 Rule One
2013 Spelling God’s Name
2012 Love Your Life And Sing
Feeling Under the Weather?
2011 Cheers, Friend!

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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.  The library connects us with the insights and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all of our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species.  Public libraries depend on voluntary contributions.  I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
    —    Carl Sagan
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On This Day In:
2022 42
2021 Blessings Larger Than Life
Tomorrow She Sails
2020 The Sun Came Out
Not A Wink On Guard
2019 The Importance Of A Deadline
Chaos Is Not Really A New Remedy
2018 History Will Judge Harshly
Father Time, Perhaps?
2017 Odds Are
2016 Prayer, Too
2015 History, n.
2014 See It Sometime
2013 Precious Friend
2012 It Couldn’t Be Done
Feeling Surrounded?
2011 Surprise!

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Hold on to what is good,
Even if it’s a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe,
Even if it’s a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do,
Even if it’s a long way from here.
Hold on to your life,
Even if it’s easier to let go.
Hold on to my hand,
Even if someday I’ll be gone away from you.
    —     Crowfoot (Isapo-Muxika)
Chief of the Siksika First Nation
[This quote originally appeared as a paragraph, but I prefer it in the visual format I’m offering it.  Please excuse my “poetic” licensing.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022 Somebody Should Have Warned Putin About Ukraine
2021 No Plan And Less Sand
It Might Sound Strange
2020 Why #45 Is In The Dark
180 Day Health / Weight Update (Mar 2020)
2019 Tonight I Am All Blacks
In All Its Messy Complexity
2018 Danger = Opportunity
2017 True And Great
Sand At The Beach
2016 There Is A Difference Between Dangerous And Frightening
2015 Always A Goal
2014 Standing Strong
2013 Shaken And Stirred
The Bird With The Broken Wing
2012 Friends In High Places
2011 Objective Independence

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Friend do it this way – that is, whatever you do in life, do the very best you can with both your heart and minds.  And if you do it that way, the Power of the Universe will come to your assistance, if your heart and mind are in Unity.  When one sits in the Hoop Of The People, one must be responsible because All of Creation is related.  And the Hurt of one is the hurt of all.  And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do effects everything in the universe.  If you do it that way – that is, if you truly join your heart and mind as One – whatever you ask for, that the Way it’s Going to be.
    —     Lakota Instructions for Living passed down from White Buffalo Calf Woman
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On This Day In:
2022 Courage In Ukraine
2021 Enjoying The Getting There
And I Carry It With Me
2020 Might As Well Jump
2019 Just Sitting Here…
2018 My Experience As Well
2017 He’s Making A List
2016 Mere Specks
2015 Day To Day Success
2014 We Have Ignition!
2013 The Dreamer
2012 I Err Gladly
2011 Ill Executed
And You?

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I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
    —    William Morris
[Found at one of the blogs / web sites I follow:  https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/
The specific post is at:  https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2023/02/22/33779/
Please visit the original site if you have some spare time…    —  kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022 Dreading The Slide Towards War
2021 Joyous Incompatibility
My Heart Will Be Waiting
2019 Two Guarantee Freedom
2018 Less Mouth And More Back
2017 I Ought To Be A Little Careful
2016 Rising From The Ashes
2015 Honor
2014 Disappointment
2013 Seeing Heart
2012 On Success
2011 What This Place Needs Is Another Theory

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This is my wish for you:  Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.
    ―     Ralph Waldo Emerson
[Sarah, Happy Birthday!!
Congrats on your recent transfer / new job in New York City!  Despite the distance, you are never more than a memory (or phone call) away.  Reach out any time you feel lonely or miss home.  You’re never too far away from a virtual hug…
And another BIG congrats on completing your Master’s Degree program.  As always, we are very proud of you!!
Love Always,
Mum & Dad]
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On This Day In:
2022 Finding Your Strength
2021 Step By Step Find Strength
Keep Searching
2020 Giving Thanks
2019 One A Day
2018 Try
2017 You’re Starting To Make Us Feel Old
2016 Focus
2015 Challenging Legacy
2014 Happy 21st Birthday!
2013
2012 Trust Him Smile
2011 Why Change?

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It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer.
    ––     Gerald Brenan
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On This Day In:
2022 Most First Steps Start From Here
2021 B3: Start By Just Being You
Everybody Tells Me So
2020 Never B3
2019 No Small Thing
2018 Unsaid And Undone
2017 Evidence Of Faith
2016 Patience Is A Virtue
2015 Slow Faith
2014 Not In Any Sense
2013 The Circus On TV
2012 To Be Stronger
2011 Are You Sure?

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When you get older, it feels like happy memories and sad memories are pretty much the same thing.  It is all just emotion in the end. And any of it can make you weep.
    —     Nick Hornby
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On This Day In:
2022 Prayers For Ukraine
2021 Be Your Own Hero
Another Frog King
2020 Still Trying To…
2019 Press Freedom
2018 Or Loyalty To An Unqualified And Incompetent President
2017 A Bad Sale
2016 Be Happy!
2015 Are You Feeling Cold?
2014 Never Asked
2013 In Praise Of Change
2012 John Carter Of Mars
Circular
2011 How Much And When

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Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.
    —    H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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On This Day In:
2022 Putin’s War On Ukraine: Choosing Lies
2021 How Many Times
I’m Breaking My Silence
2020 When Looking Around
2019 Except Dying
2018 History Will Judge Him Favorably
2017 Are You Confused?
2016 The Golden Mean
2015 To Infinity And Beyond
2014 Taken Back
2013 Windows Or Doors
2012 All Rise
2011 Vote Weight

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If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other.  If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear.  What one fears, one destroys.
   ―     Chief Dan George
Animals are my friends… and I don’t eat my friends.
    ―     George Bernard Shaw
Cannibal, n.  —  A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple tastes and adheres to the natural diet of the pre-pork period.
    —     Ambrose Bierce
From his book: “The Devil’s Dictionary
[This post started with viewing a “Hannibal Lecter” video on YouTube:  he was thinking of having an old friend over for dinner…    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022 What Really Hurts
2021 Republican Governors Don’t Help
We’re Coming To Your Town
2020 With Friends Like This…
2019 Still Better Than Third
2018 A Tough Row To Hoe
2017 Just In Case
2016 Republicans Eat Their Young
2015 Still 99%
2014 Affirming The Wall
2013 Maintain The Freedom
2012 All Good
2011 Fountains Of Life
Staying Alive

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