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7 November 2020

There was this and then moments later there were all kinds of wonderful headlines! Thanks everyone for keeping the faith and working and being strong. Now the real work begins.

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Coping, Dealing and Being Kind

I’m resurrecting this from July 2012 after the Colorado theater shooting, when I reposted it from 2001. We’re all dealing with a lot, coming from all different directions, on top of the normal wear and tear of living. In the … Continue reading

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Hate and the Hater

This great quote from Peace Pilgrim who died this day in 1981. There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not the hated. — Peace Pilgrim

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Day 28, NaPoWriMo

I’m off topic from my own prompts today… So alike, mother and daughter, that as the mother scolds her for sins of inattention and fidgeting and whining and perhaps a tantrumI I can easily imagine the little girl, using the … Continue reading

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Wildlife seen en route

Saw this fellow, a yearling button buck today and he reminded me of the one that walked across I-90 Sunday night, slowing me to about 40 and slowing the three lanes of traffic behind me. I always wonder if the … Continue reading

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