Anthony Brandt Quote – We Start And End With Family
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” – Anthony Brandt
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Gary Snyder quote – find your place on the planet
“Find your place on the planet, dig in, and take responsibility from there.” – Gary Snyder
Read morePoem – The Cross Near the Edge (By Frank Joussen)
The Cross Near the Edge A too small cross in a big wayside shrine amidst the fields on the fertile loess soil, soon to be devoured by the bucket wheel excavator, a monstrous word for an even more monstrous machine. The shrine made of dark red brick, plain, simple, solid, almost for eternity, like the many farmhouses here; […]
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Washington Irving Quote – Great Minds Have Purposes
“Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.” – Washington Irving
Read moreBaltasar Gracian Quote – Good Things
“Good things, when short, are twice as good.” – Baltasar Gracian
Read moreMan Finds Cancer While Supporting Wife
■ A husband’s act of solidarity on behalf of his cancer-stricken wife may have saved his life. When Dolly Stringer of Moultrie, Ga., shaved her head last spring in preparation for chemotherapy to treat breast cancer, her husband, Bud, shaved his too. Only then did he discover a black mark on his pate, which was an aggressive form of skin […]
Read moreZig Ziglar Quote on Balanced Success
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.” ~ Zig Ziglar
Read moreWarming oceans killing coral reefs
Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a massive die-off that could be the worst in recorded history, a new study warns. Stoked by climate change and a powerful El Nino, record-high ocean temperatures have triggered the global event, which began last year and is expected to destroy 5 percent of the world’s coral reefs by 2016. The temperature changes […]
Read moreJohn Stuart Mill Quote – Eccentricity In Society
“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained.” – John Stuart Mill
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