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Gratitude Friday 10-28-22 – My Fall Migrations
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ― Albert Camus This Fall the leaves seem extra to me. One reason may be that the...
Oct 28, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 10-21-22 – Long Term Recovery
“Mrs. Marty Mann started her recovery in AA in 1939 (as the first woman, too, by the way – there was even sexism with regards to the...
Oct 21, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 10-14-22 – A Friendly Gesture
“When you're having what you feel like is a "bad day" and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind...
Oct 14, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 10-7-22 – Words Etched in Time
I cherish a good quote and I am grateful for the bounty of quotes. The art of putting thoughts to words, preserved through time to...
Oct 7, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 9-30-22 – A Nation Born of Immigrants and Revolutionists
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” ― Franklin D....
Sep 30, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 9-2-22 – The Willingness to Risk Trust
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” ― Ernest Hemingway Trust can be a difficult thing, something I...
Sep 23, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 9-16-22 – Ten Years on the Job
“You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's path. You are not...
Sep 16, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 9-9-22 – Live Music
“We were ready to rock out and we waited and waited and finally it was our turn ... there were a half million people asleep. These people...
Sep 9, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 9-2-22 – The Kindness of Strangers
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in...
Sep 2, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 8-26-22 – Down the Shore
“Vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else, and because bathing and basking on...
Aug 26, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 8-19-22 – Human Connection
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our...
Aug 19, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 8-12-22 – Tobacco Recovery
Those who have known me all my life, know that I was a heavy tobacco user. I started smoking around age 14. Back then, there were vague...
Aug 12, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 8-5-22 – The Dog Days of Summer
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of the summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel...
Aug 5, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 7-29-22 – I’ve Got a Bike You Can Ride It if You Like
“I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like It's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good” – Syd Barrett &...
Jul 29, 20224 min read


Gratitude Friday 7-22-22 – The Webb of Time & Space
This gratitude Friday, I am reflecting on our desire to explore. Our drive to want to know what is over the horizon, under the water and...
Jul 22, 20224 min read
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