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Gleanings From Living Long
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Category: St. Augustine
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So alert and ready for life, hanging around marinas and boats. Were we ever birds or dolphins or whales? It seems like it would be so much fun.
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In Florida, it's easy being green!
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Another full moon come and gone. Slipping to half, quarter, a sliver and gone. Juliet tells Romeo, "Swear not by the inconstant moon." But the lunar phases have a predictable inconstancy. If you had phases like the moon, what would be your full moon phase? Half moon? New…
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The dance of life. The rhythm of the seasons. Summer winding down.
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In the midst of nature's perfection, there's not much more to say- at least not today! Hope today is sunny in all different kinds of ways!
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Looking after a little guy who is 13 weeks old and listening to him gurgle and sigh and coo and poop and fart and watching him eat like there's no tomorrow, and stretch and grab and seeing the smile that melts hearts, there is the feeling that we really don't change all that…
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Finding the balance between busy-ness and dreams… Will today's dreams become the busy-ness of tomorrow, paving the way for more dreams? How to balance today with all the yesterdays and tomorrows? In the words of Thich Nhat Hanh – "Breathe. Smile. Walk." It does help! Pottery shot…
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Now that's a nice green. (Banana tree leaf, disguising itself as a fish. It looks like it's growing teeth.) (Watch out!)
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On a balmy evening, the sky is refelected on the water in a hundred shades of blue and green and colors that don't have names. It's difficult to capture the beauty and serenity of it.
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According to the great mythologist, Joseph Campbell, "…we cancelled the Declaration of Independence," when we entered the First World War and re-joined the chaos of Europe. He believed that it was a turning point in American politics that has led us away from idealism and onto the slippery slope of greed,…