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  • This Writer’s Strange Journey

    “How long the road is, but for all the time the journey has already taken, how you have needed every second of it in order to learn what the road passes by.” ~Dag Hammarskjöld ~Poster on my..




  • What Do You Think About?

    What do you think about when you’re not specifically focused on a task or activity? Do your thoughts run wild? Mine do and most of the time I’m not at all happy about where they go. It seems..


  • The Best Parenting Tip – Ever!

    Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation – C. Everett Koop Whether or not you’re a parent, or whether you’re going for round two as a grandparent, you’ve got..


  • Do You Observe a Day of Rest?

    “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” ~Sidney J. Harris It’s funny how you see things so much more clearly after you’ve been away from them for a while. When we were..


  • Let’s Hangout!

      Sorry, we had to stop the Google+ Hangouts. But hang out with us on the Life for instance porch! Get into the discussion. We’d love to hear your thoughts and feelings about life. Hit the big..


  • What’s Your Ikigai?

    “A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” ~John Barrymore Do you remember the TV series “Happy Days”? In one episode, Howard reaches his fiftieth Birthday and Marion throws him a party. She..


  • Off the Grid!

    “A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.” ~Robert Orben I still love you and I’ll miss you, but I’m going just the same.  On Sunday, July 24th and for nine..