Tag: nature

1 Shot Wednesday: Desert Blossoms

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

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From prickly situations come the blossoms of rebirth and wisdom. Arizona is made for wandering and hiking. You’ll never know what you’ll find. For instance, the cholla. There are several varieties. Spotting one of these in bloom reminds me there is beauty amongst the…

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1 Shot Wednesday: Shoreline

Posted on March 18, 2020 by

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Maybe by summer things will be back to normal. Today, my granddaughters, Jim and I are hunkered down at home because our schools have closed. It’s pelting rain. There’s a chill in the air that matches the anxious, solemn tone of anyone you meet…

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1 Shot Wednesday: Desert Blossoms

Posted on February 26, 2020 by

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It’s 1928. German Expressionism, the Western & Hollywood musical

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Words I take to heart

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. --Eleanor Roosevelt

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. --Benjamin Franklin

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.--Milton Berle

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.