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  • Yoga at the Beach…

      Full Twist   Alternate leg stretch               ©2020, Laine Quinn Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, St. Augustine Beach

  • Change…

        Change is in the air. Compassion and righteous anger are walking the streets of America with Lady Justice. There will be no turning back these pages of history ourstory – no matter what the impeached president says or does.   Change is in the air. This isn't 2 dozen people with automatic weapons…

  • Take The Day Off…

      It's Sunday,  take the day off! With all of the bad news and incompetence of our government, and missing being close to our loved ones – our hearts get heavy. But that's because of the love in our hearts. Love and compassion and empathy and sorrow. So, take a break. Forget the bad news…

  • More Praise…

        It's been over a month since I've been to the beach. Emotions seem to be wrapped up in worry and uncertainty, and I don't miss it in the usual way. But I do miss it!               ©Laine Quinn 2019 St. Augustine Beach, sunrise.  

  • Trust Your Feelings…

      (Sea gull wondering if it is safe to join the others…)   *"If social distancing needs to be extended long term, scientists recommend forming an inner circle of uninfected friends and family that you can rely on to maintain social bonds…"   Some others call this a pod – forming a pod of trusted…

  • I Can’t Think…

      I've lost my head!   Me too! I can't think… I feel like an April Fool!       Sorry!!    

  • We Must…

      It might happen to you, like it did to me – when you're singing along to an old sad song trying to hold it together – that's when it might hit you – or in the middle of nowhere talking to your friend, husband or wife – it might boil over the top and…

  • Social Distancing…

        Social distancing not required…         Cat (DJ) and Armadillo, the Moon and Venus, Two Butterflies, Cat (Lucy) kisses Gator, Two Web-footed friends, Five Turtles! All Safe.

  • Be Careful…

        It is difficult to sit still for an invisible catastrophe – there's no wind, no rain, no flooding – in fact the weather here is perfect.   We have electricity, water, internet, the pantry is full, and we have each other.   So, wash your hands, enjoy each other – (they are singing…

  • Glory Enough…

        In her autobiography, Dust Tracks On A Road, Zora Neale Hurston, with no disrespect to organized Religion, states that-   "It is simply not for me… The springing of the yellow line of morning out of the misty deep of dawn, is glory enough for me."       Amen! Photo, Crescent Beach,…