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I Love the Fall

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night. ~ Hal Borland I Love the Fall Fall has always been my favorite season. I don’t like … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays – Goodbye 2024

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’ ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson Happy Holidays – Goodbye 2024! This year has been a year of complete madness for me. I expected at this point … Continue reading

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Three Questions, December 22, 2024

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. ~ Hosea Ballou Three Questions, December 22, 2024 What was the most beautiful thing I encountered today? Today it was my first views of the red rocks … Continue reading

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Christmas Sucks

Those yuletide-loving, sickly-sweet, nog-sucking cheer mongers! I really don’t like ’em. No, I don’t. ~ The Grinch (Dr. Suess) Christmas Sucks It’s that time of year again, my least favorite of all. While I do enjoy giving people meaningful gifts, … Continue reading

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Happy Holiday in the Desert

I don’t see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn’t need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty. ~ … Continue reading

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A Happy week in the Nevada Desert

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exuper I spent Christmas this year in the Mojave Desert like I often do. However this year, instead of going to my usual haunt, Anza … Continue reading

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Desert Happiness

What makes the desert beautiful is that it hides a well. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery I dealt with what they call languishing throughout the first 18 months of the pandemic, I’ve been making a real effort lately to jump start … Continue reading

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Happiness Moments: Havasu Falls

Happiness Moments: Havasu Falls So a new little writing experiment for the blog. I’ve been wanting to find a way to do some free writing as practice. And I’ve been wanting to capture the moments in my life that have … Continue reading

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A Real Vacation – Part 1 (Anza-Borrego)

A Real Vacation – Part 1 (Anza-Borrego) We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around … Continue reading

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AT Happiness – Galleries: Hikers

AT Happiness – Galleries: Hikers Originally posted Summer 2015 So today I’m rehabbing a bad knee and have had time to go through my photos from the trail.  I thought today I’d go through and post the photos of some … Continue reading

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