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About Michael Kane

Michael Kane is a writer, photographer, educator, speaker, adventurer and a general sampler of life. His books on hiking and poetry are available in soft cover and Kindle on Amazon.

Happiness Quotes & Sayings

Happiness Quotes & Sayings Tonight a set of quotes and sayings to raise a smile and help you have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane

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Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Best & Reader’s Favorite Posts

Appalachian Trail Happiness: My Best & Reader’s Favorite Posts First you examine the environment, then you examine your gear, finally you examine yourself ~ Colin Fletcher Today, a collection of some of my favorite and reader’s favorite posts about the … Continue reading

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Appalachian Trail Happiness: A Walk in the Woods

Appalachian Trail Happiness: A Walk in the Woods The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest ~ John Muir The Book So I, like many Appalachian Hikers, are not the biggest fans of Bill Bryson’s book, A Walk … Continue reading

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The National WWII Museum in New Orleans

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are. ~ … Continue reading

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Happiness is Laughter: Clean Jokes

Happiness is Laughter: Clean Jokes A list of dumb clean jokes to give you a laugh on a Friday!  Enjoy and have a happy day my friends ~ Rev Kane Q: What do you call a fake noodle?    An Impasta … Continue reading

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Amazing Wisdom about Happiness & Positive Change

Amazing Wisdom about Happiness & Positive Change The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new ~ Socrates A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I … Continue reading

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Krewe of the Bosom Buddies – 2020

Krewe of the Bosom Buddies – 2020 Mardi Gras, baby. Mardi Gras. Time when all manner of weird shit cuts loose and parties down. ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon At Mardi Gras, one of my favorite parades is a walking parade in … Continue reading

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Happiness is Achievement!

Happiness is Achievement! Tonight we have a guest blogger, the fabulous Mr. Rich Krissel. Rich and I go back many years to when we were resident assistants together in college. He’s an excellent photographer, a deep thinker and always someone … Continue reading

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Happiness in Times of Epidemics, Quarantines and Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Happiness in Times of Epidemics, Quarantines and Coronavirus (Covid-19) Masses are always breeding grounds for psychic epidemics ~ Carl Jung So tonight’s post is a little different type of post for the Ministry of Happiness.  You see our happiness is … Continue reading

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Stop Preventing Your Own Happiness

Stop Preventing Your Own Happiness Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.~Zig Ziglar So a lot comes screaming across social media and every once in awhile something really good comes … Continue reading

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