Category: Encouragement
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Free Music…
I was fortunate to attend three music concerts this past weekend, all of them free. Friday, I saw David Byrne with my sister-in-law. (More Wednesday on Confessionsofacreative.substack.com). Saturday, I sat in the sunshine to watch our grandson play in a local Jazz Band. Sunday, we weathered freezing temperatures for a repeat performance at a different…
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Quote of the Week…
“Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.” George Eliot, 1818 – 1880
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One Small Thing…
Last week I had my first volunteer gig at Keith House where a James Turrell Skyspace, called Come To Good, is located. That night a sound bath accompanied the light sequence, adding another sensory level to the community gathered. How lucky am I to have found such a peaceful space in my new backyard? But…
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Quote of the Week…
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” Henry David Thoreau, 1817 – 1862
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Ten Things I Love About New York…
I recently took all kinds of chances (in the midst of a shutdown and wonky flight schedules) to put a drop in a virtual bucket list. One of my ongoing fantasies is to live and act like a local in Manhattan for a month or so. You gotta love the energy of a city that…
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Quote of the Week…
“That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.” Samuel Johnson, 1709 – 1784
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Quote of the Week…
“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” Mary Tyler Moore, 1936 – 2017
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Duh!
You would think after walking around this planet for decades, I’d have it all figured out. Nope. Too often I slap my forehead and say Duh! Why did I (or didn’t I) do that? The worst are the repeat lessons, as if the first time around the mistake was not painful enough. Some Duhs are…
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Quote of the Week…
“Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.” Charlton Heston, 1923 – 2008
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Quote of the Week…
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust, 1871-1922