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Gleanings From Living Long
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Category: Nature
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Our self limiting beliefs, the ones that thwart our forward progress, where do they come from? (everything on this planet is of this planet except this planet) Our cells, our genes, carry memories, not only from our immediate relatives, but from our distant ancestors too. (we are just recycled star…
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Did this gopher turtle decide to take a dip in the ocean, or did someone mistake her for a sea turtle and treat her to a dunking? Either way she made her way back up the beach to her hammock home with surprising speed. It's the steadfastness of turtles – one foot…
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The earth has its own intelligence. In Iceland there are hot springs, in Florida - cold! The entire state of Florida sits on an aquifer that not only provides all of the water needs for millions of people but is also a ridiculously wonderful way to cool off in the heat of summer.…
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How do you see the world, little dragonfly? Processing 200 images per second, compared to humans who process 24 – do you grow faster, forgive sooner, love more easily? Are there any shortcuts to wisdom? Do you know? With all that you see, what do you know? Perhaps more of what it…
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Life does surprise us. Sometimes with storms. Sometimes with unexpected friendships. Sometimes with lilies! These "Naked Ladies" were spotted on an early morning bike ride through the neighborhood. Are they genuine "Surprise Lilies," a.k.a. "Naked Ladies"? They were that morning! These lilies were nicknamed "Naked Ladies" because the leaves…
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When I saw this HUGE spider on the bathroom wall of a friend's house where I was responsible not only for my own lovely self, but for 4 curious cats as well, I knew that I couldn't sleep through the night with it in the house. First thing that I did was grab…
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The sea oats are beautiful again this year, thanks to the abundant rainfall. Are you getting the nourishment that you need to be beautiful? (cue violins and get ready for an info-mercial…just kidding!) But if this were an advertisement, it would be for Happy Living. A story… There is a…
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Red sky at night, sailor's delight… and whale watch Captains too! The tidal flats in Provincetown with the Pilgrim Monument and sunset!
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Friends, paddling along together through life's currents. It's a calm evening and mild in between the storms and troubles. There's peace and quiet and a kind of welcome ordinariness, a rightness about things that begins to include the storms and troubles and the peace and quiet. All's well.
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What lurks in yonder wood? Alligators and snakes, frogs and bugs, and all kinds of creepy, crawly, things. From a boat, however, it is rather picturesque. The cypress trees and their knees.
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