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A Happy SF Slice Debate
I like coal fired. I’m definitely, generally, always a coal-fired guy. Crispy, don’t do a ton of sauce, but kind of a well-done, coal-fired pizza is my jam. ~ Dave Portnoy A Happy SF Slice Debate So, if you’ve read … Continue reading
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Tiny Happiness
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. ~ Golda Meir Tiny Happiness … Continue reading
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Happiness: First Tomato of 2026
When I think of summertime as a kid, I think of my Grampy’s gardens full of tomatoes, buckets heaping with blackberries, and countertops lined with an assortment of Ball jars, ready to can the flavor of summer. ~ Damaris Phillips … Continue reading
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Happiness: The Next Phase
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road. ~ Dag Hammarskjold Happiness: The Next Phase Life happens in phases or … Continue reading
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Happiness is Graduation Season
I believe that every day is a celebration and every day I’m born anew and genuinely try to live every day differently. ~ Rekha Happiness is Graduation Season You work in education for one reason, or you should, to help … Continue reading
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It’s been a helluva year!
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ~ Fredrick Douglass It’s been a helluva year! One year ago, May 7, 2025, I got up insanely early in the morning, was driven to the hospital by my assistant and … Continue reading
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Music, Memories and Happiness
Without music, life would be a mistake. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Music, Memories and Happiness Music is incredibly important to me, there is not a day that goes by that I don’t have music around me. I play it when I … Continue reading
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To be happy, you don’t have to get ahead
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. ~ Henry David Thoreau To be happy, … Continue reading
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