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Future Memories

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on November 11, 2025| Leave a Comment »

We held two memorials this weekend, both opportunities to come together around happy memories and shared stories. It also got me thinking (in a positive way!) about what comes after—not in terms of heaven (or that other place) but how to live and the world you leave behind. 

Today is also Veterans Day in the US and Remembrance Day in Canada, an ideal time to think about those who came before and what they did for their world, and ours.

Given that, this quote seemed like a good fit for today.

Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.  

— Warren Buffett

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Photo by Andre Frueh on Unsplash

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To the Light and Beauty

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

“To become the shadow to defeat the shadow only extends the shadow’s reach and its reign. In one of the great ironies of our international moment, it appears that many of the people who’ve read “The Lord of the Rings” the most understand it the least. They perceive an emergency – a world in crisis – and grasp for the ring.

But Tolkien’s message is profoundly different. You must demonstrate courage to defend against evil, but to defeat it, you cannot rely on your own strength. It is to the “light and high beauty” that we must turn, even when we cannot see a way through.”

— David French

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Nope. Nope nope nope nope. Photo by DAVIDSON L U N A on Unsplash

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Another Type of Magic

Posted in Other, tagged , , , on November 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

“The closest thing we can get to a crystal ball is history.”

— Jennifer Lawrence

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Photo by Nicole Avagliano on Unsplash

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Sally Forth!

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , , on November 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »

It’s Election Day in the US! Want to have a say in your community and its policies, in who represents you and for what? Voting is all this and more. 

Haven’t voted yet? There’s still lots of time. 

Need info on where or how to vote? These sites have you covered:

I Will Vote

VOTE411

And if you have additional questions or run into issues, there’s also this election protection hotline  (complete with memorable phone numbers!): 866ourvote.org

  • English 866-OUR-VOTE: 866-687-8683
  • Spanish/English 888-VE-Y-VOTA: 888-839-8682
  • Asian Languages/English 888-API-VOTE: 888-274-8683
  • Arabic/English 844-YALLA-US: 844-925-5287

Sally forth, citizens, and be heard!

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Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash

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Nothing, and Everything

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , on November 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »

My office is filled with random yet interesting items. Maybe a color caught my eye, or a puzzle, or a map (or a bit of pottery, a magic wand, a decoder ring, a set of travel watercolors, or or or). All things that spark my creativity or capture an experience I want to remember.

For example: Mr Man and I had a special dinner a while back. 

Appetizer: mussels steamed with a great deal of garlic and a perfectly reasonable amount of white wine. 

Flavor: excellent. 

Bonus: an unexpected gift, the tiniest pearl I have ever seen. 

Taking a picture of it was a challenge, it’s that small.

Yes, right there in the middle. The white dot. Nope, that’s not a spec of dust!

I keep it in memory of that night. It’s worth nothing, and everything.

“But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods both.”

– John Steinbeck

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Photo by Ruth Bourke on Unsplash

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Some Days You Just Need to Watch a Baby Elephant Play with a Pumpkin

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on October 30, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Some days you just need to watch a baby elephant play with a pumpkin. If today is that sort of day for you, you’re welcome!

A baby elephant stole the show at Oregon Zoo’s pumpkin-smashing event | AP News

A baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo had more tricks than treats to show when handlers gave it a small pumpkin to play with during an annual fall event where giant elephants smash half-ton pumpkins.

Freaking adorable.

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Photo by Y M on Unsplash

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Don’t Delay

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , on October 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Some days seem designed to deliver a lesson. I won’t go into the sadly uninteresting and happily trifling details, but today’s lesson for me?

Time comes for us all. Don’t put stuff off!

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Photo by Shrish Vijaya Sudharsan on Unsplash

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Truth

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on October 25, 2025| Leave a Comment »

It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.

— Seneca

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Not a waste of time. Photo by Melanie Andersen on Unsplash

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I Might Not Go This Far, But It Was Pretty

Posted in Other, tagged , , on October 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

We drove out to woods yesterday, the gently curving country road surrounded by rolling hills and turning leaves and the crisp cool air of an autumn evening.

Welcome, fall.

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.”

— John Donne

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Photo by Harrison Fitts on Unsplash

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A Nice Reminder

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , , on October 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Here’s an illustrated short by Rich Wells, capturing an epiphany he had outside a tire shop.

Graham’s Tyres – Rich Wells

“I thought l’d take the words from my notebook and make something visual.

A reminder to myself that all this everyday stuff – admin, errands, school runs, park trips, waiting in lines, meal times –

it’s all a gift”

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Photo by srinivas bandari on Unsplash

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