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I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.
    ―     C.S. Lewis

Hil and me sitting in a tree stump

Hil and me sitting in a tree stump

Happiness is not a goal… it’s a by-product of a life well lived.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
This is another of the “older” photos we took when we went on a trip to Oregon (over 10 yrs ago).  We stopped along the way to view light-houses, waterfalls, covered bridges, and walk among the BIG trees in National Forests.
Thirty-Nine years ago I met the love of my life…   Loving her a little more each day makes getting old easier than I ever imagined it would be.
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On This Day In:
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2021 Happy Meeting Day 37 (And Counting)
2020 Happy Meeting Day 36 (And Counting)
2019 Happy Meeting Day 35 (And Counting)
2018 Happy Meeting Day 34 (And Counting)
Storytelling
2017 Happy Meeting Day 33 (And Counting)
2016 Picture Perfect
2015 Life Showed Compassion
2014 And Then I Met Her
2013 Defining Maleness
The Run Continues
2012 All Set
2011 Not Always

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It isn’t enough to talk about peace.  One must believe in it.  And it isn’t enough to believe in it.  One must work at it.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2022 Get Outdoors More
2021 Re-institute The Wall Between Church And State
Once In My Life
2020 Early Knowledge
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2019 I Don’t Think We’ll Be Serving Them Cake
2018 New And Old
2017 Ever
2016 At The Center
2015 True Value In Life
2014 A Potential To Be Concerned
2013 Fine No More
2012 Have You Checked Your Height Lately?
2011 Are You Convinced?

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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
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2021 I’d Add Planning
Whisper A Little
2020 I’m From Missouri
Do Not Take Freedom For Granted
2019 Before & After
Quiet, Please!
2018 Heavy On The Starch
2017 But The Beginning Of What?
2016 Today’s Rule
2015 Remembering Oklahoma City
2014 Who Was That Masked Man?
2013 Enemy Mine
2012 Strengthen Me
2011 Service, Please
2010 The Church In Crisis…

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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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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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Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good.  It assumes that the other person’s stature is as large as one’s own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
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Never Change
2020 Two Quotes Which Remind Me Of Our Lame Duck President
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2019 I’m Up For Trying
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2018 #PresidentBoneSpur
2017 My Staggering Confusion
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2016 And Bloggers?
2015 Ethical Energy
2014 Are You Likely To Defend It?
2013 Might As Well
2012 The Long And Short Of It
2011 Bravery

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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
 
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
 
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On This Day In:
2021 My Thoughts On Global Climate Change
  And Never Understand
2020 Waiting For 20 January 2021
  #45: You Would Cry Too…
2019 #Corrupt45 Fails Another Great Test
2018 Where The Economy Is Headed Thanks To #IncompetentDonald
2017 Time For More Research, Too
2016 Original Thoughts
2015 If They’re Good Enough
2014 Three…
2013 Uncle Joe’s Song
  Live, Then, As If…
2012 Still Trying
2011 Not Deserving
   

 

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I could never be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on.  Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.  One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2021 None Live Apart
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2020 In The Moment
2019 I Will Try Again
Original Chips
2018 Still Blogging
2017 Reliable Vision
2016 Still Walking
2015 Steps
2014 To Be Greatly Good
2013 Limited Capacity
2012 Two Ear Ticklers
Justification
2011 To Avail The Nation

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I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2021 Families
Every Now And Then
2020 A Message To Optional Trump Supporters (Basically Everyone)
2019 Bigger Jaws
On The Other
2018 Hoping For A Blue Wave In November
2017 Garden Dreaming
2016 Well, Maybe Not “No” Talent
2015 An Appetite For Life
A Trip To The Library
Great Expectations
2014 Pass The Soul
2013 Zapping Music And Art
2012 Not Quite Fantastic
That Kid Is Back
2011 Wolves At The Door
2010 I’m Feeling Patriotic… (Well, more than usual, anyway.)
Beating the Heat…

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One thing life has taught me:  if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests.  They come to you.  When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
[And so I continue to look around for new / interesting stones and shells on the shoreline.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2021 Saving Democracy And A Voting Rights Act
Just Chillin’
2020 Two Hours From Now
Criminal Incompetence, Criminal Indifference Or Both
2019 Slow Wisdom
It Is A Start…
2018 Young, Fun And Playing Well
2017 Earning Your Blessings
2016 A Suggestion…
Capable Of Being
2015 Looking For The Needles In The Haystacks
2014 The Definition Of A Gentleman
2013 Thar She Blows (Not)!
2012 Naturally
2011 Been Here, Done That
Remember
2010 Timeless Classics

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Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2022 I’m Still Friends
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2021 The Heart Of Science
Too Thin
2020 Up Again
2019 Advice From #1 To #45
2018 How Much I Will Miss The Trump Administration
2017 We Need To Continue Experimenting
2016 Consistently
2015 We Must Dissent
2014 Now What?
2013 Judgement
2012 Stuck In My Mind
Life’s Hope
2011 Just Getting Up
Directions Please

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Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.  But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue:  “No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2022 By Any Other Name (Or Description)
2021 Democracy, Pandemic, Economy And Climate Change
Heaven Is…
2020 Hoping For #46 In January 2021
2019 Interesting, But Not Fascinating
But Try To Eat The Low-Hanging First
2018 Me, Too
2017 Apt Enough?
2016 Now Or Ever
21, Pause, Restart
2015 I Am Shocked, Sir, Shocked…
Lucy & FSND-2
2014 Less Difficult
2013 The Spirit Of Liberty
2012 The Essential Freedom Of Aloneness
2011 A Problem Of Scale
Fred Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
2010 Another Book, Another Jog…

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If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2021 Still Trying To Understand
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2020 Sometimes Just Being There Is Enough
And I Owe It All To You
2019 Or Live For It
2018 Happy Thanksgiving (2018)
2017 Grateful Humility
2016 Obstacles
Election + 2 Weeks
2015 Done What You Could
2014 Impossible To Other Men
2013 Just In Case
2012 Isn’t This Just Pleasant?
2011 No Void In Sight

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People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously.  This is how character is built.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2021 Still Building
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2020 Books And Blogs
You Don’t Know What I Got
2019 #45 Is The Inverse
2018 A Message To The White House Press Corps
2017 Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
Binge, Binge, Binge
2016 Feeling Warm Yet?
Four Documentaries
2015 Just Like All The Others
2014 In My Own Vanity
2013 Filled With Words
2012 Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae
2011 Lied Lately?
2010 Born To Work At Faux News
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Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit
They’re Back… (Part 1)

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To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality.  I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times  —  The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.
    —     Eleanor Roosevelt
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On This Day In:
2021 In My Unending Story
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2020 A Day With No Sun
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2019 Where And Why
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2018 Here And Hope
2017 Choose
2016 All I Ever Wanted
2015 Compassionate Toward Yourself
2014 All And None
2013 Voices In The Dark
2012 Does Uncommonly Flexible = Flip-Flopping?
2011 A Modest Review Of A Modern Day Classic
Encouragement Is The Path To Immortality

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