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Humans are hardwired for kindness and cooperation.
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Outside my door this white Bird of Paradise has been blooming since December! First just one, then another and now 5 altogether! My morning joy! ©LaineQuinn2024
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There are songs that we sang forever and perhaps never noticed the poetry of the lyrics, like this line: ..a drop of golden sun. From which song? ? Thanks to J.M. Akers – The song is from "The Sound Of Music", …do a dear a female dear, ray – a…
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This solid chair, situated in a garden beneath a huge live oak tree is made up of trillions of bouncing molecules, just like you and me. Sometimes we feel as grounded as a boulder. Other times scattered as the northern lights. Most days fall somewhere in between. Having unshakable faith that life…
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Life can be overwhelming at times – aging parents, sick children, losing a treasured pet. Even joy can flood the heart, so much beauty, so much love, so complex. That's where our friends come in. They walk with us even when we are apart and help us to make sense of our…
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What nourishes you in the middle of a Pandemic? What nourishes you when political forces take a dark turn and plunge us into a past that should be long forgotten? For me it is Poetry – Poetry and Music that soothe my soul and the beauty all around me – flowers…
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I am a thing among other things. There was a little book in the "Tiny Library" next to the little playground which is next to the community garden in my neighborhood. My young friend wanted to play on his own for a little bit, so I picked up the little book, "The…
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I can see you! Puma in the ferns, and his gorgeous eyes looking back at me. ©2021 Laine Quinn
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Shamrocks seed themselves all over St. Augustine. Wild? I think so! Delightful? Definitely! Lucky? Let's hope! Violets too, much to my delight! ©2021 Laine Quinn, backyard shamrocks.
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Rain coming? Bring it on! We're ready! Frogs love the rain! ©Laine Quinn 2020