Overcome

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.                                                                            Beverley Nichols

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Shakespeare in Love

“I know something of a woman in a man’s profession. Yes, by God, I do know about that.” Queen Elizabeth I to Viola De Lesseps at the revelation that Viola, a woman, is acting on stage. Do you have any favorite quotes or scenes from this movie?

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Busted!

I could not believe what I was hearing this morning. Matt Lauer used the word busted on the Today Show. I was making the bed, listening to the morning news at the top of the hour, most of the early features about BP and the oil spill in the Gulf and the word gushed out [...]

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Signage

Just a few observances when wandering off the cutoff. I wonder if I’ll see anything interesting as I wend my way back home today.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

May your neighbors respect you, Trouble neglect you, The angels protect you, And heaven accept you. An Irish blessing.

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Once in a blue moon

I started out writing today about the blue moon on New Year’s Eve. Its beauty and wonder wandered into thoughts of significant blue moons in my life as I tapped away on the keyboard and found myself thinking faster than the words clicked out. Usually my typing gets ahead of me and the letters jumble [...]

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Angel Rays

It is was cheerful morning here on the cutoff. The sun was shining with all her might, casting long shadows of trees across the lawn and angel rays were pouring in through the dining room windows. I wanted to catch them, like a child in summer with fireflies, and put them in a lidded jar [...]

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