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Happy Birthday to Me!
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! ~ Dr. Suess Happy Birthday to Me! I’ve always had a complicated relationship with my birthday, I imagine most people do. … Continue reading
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Three Questions, April 16, 2025
Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps. ~ Sharon Draper Three Questions, April 16, 2025 … Continue reading
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Three Questions, January 18, 2025
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! ~ Dr. Seuss Three Questions, January 18, 2025 You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post … Continue reading
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A Happy Little Vacation
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking. ~ Earl Wilson A Happy Little Vacation So for the last couple of weeks I’ve been off the map and on vacation. This was … Continue reading
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Remember to Celebrate!
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ~ Oprah Winfrey Remember to Celebrate! Life is hard, bad things happen, too often things just don’t break your way. But sometimes they do. … Continue reading
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Cupcakes should never cost more than a dollar!
You’re only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake. ~ Emma Stone A cupcake should never cost more than a dollar! Ok, I’ll make a concession to capitalism and say fine, let … Continue reading
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Happiness is Pizzafest
Unless you are a pizza, the answer is yes, I can live without you. – Bill Murray Happiness is Pizzafest As I’ve mentioned here on the blog I turn 60 very soon and as my birthday is quickly coming upon … Continue reading
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Getting older is interesting
Getting older ain’t for cowards, this getting older is a lot to go through. ~ John Mellencamp (Don’t need this body) Getting older is interesting The quote tonight comes from a John Mellencamp album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom. I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, appalachian trail, be happy, birthday, happiness, happy, hobbit, john mellencamp, life, nostalgia
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A Happy Weekend
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. ~ Marcus Aurelius It was a really good weekend, there’s a … Continue reading
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Returning to feeling right
We all hope for rebirth breakthrough moments ~ Dane Cook My three week birthday celebration is in it’s final week as I’m hanging out in Reno. Why Reno? Well, it’s a 4 hour drive from home and I came into … Continue reading
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