Quote: Right Thoughts, Right Efforts

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.
James Allen

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Black cat superstition

I’ve known about the black cat superstition for years. I didn’t realize how wide-spread it was, though. A co-worker of mine, who is from India, told me that she wouldn’t cross a road if she saw a black cat anywhere near it. Apparently she had a bad fall after seeing one cross the road in [...]

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Quote: Politics

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Unknown

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Poison Ivy, Part Deux

It started out simply enough. Nestled in a bed with wild strawberries was another plant with three leaves.
What followed was two weeks of washing, swabbing all spots with every home remedy I could find, and finally a trip to urgent care and a prescription. Of course it was going to resolve!
But it still didn’t go [...]

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Quote: Consumer Society

In a consumer society, there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of envy, and the prisoners of addiction.
Ivan Illich

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Simple plant decorations

I like plants. Plants don’t necessarily like me, though, and I have a very hard time getting plants established in beds.
A friend of mine has a great idea, one that I borrowed this year. I took all my old plant pots out (from the failed past years’ attempts) and filled them with soil. Then I [...]

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Putting Problems

from Robert Fulghum, OFFICIAL Website – Recent Entries

It’s a struggle to sit indoors in front of a computer screen and write when it’s summer in Seattle. Writer’s block? No. Writer’s restlessness? Yes. And I, too, have a problem with my putting. Out-put erratic. In-put required. And I’m having difficulty with the green – in that [...]

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Quote: Obviousness

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
Isaac Asimov

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Baby Rabbits

One summer when I was a child, I was out watering the gardens. Suddenly something small and fuzzy ran across my foot. I had accidentally watered a nest of baby bunnies.
We didn’t know where mama bunny was, but we put the four baby bunnies in a bushel basket with food and some soft cloths. They [...]

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Quote: Funny And Smart People

People who are funny and smart and return phone calls get much better press than people who are just funny and smart.
Howard Simons

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