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Inspirational
Be The person you want to come home to. Blessed are the peacemakers… If you light a lamp for somebody it will also brighten your path. Buddha Praise loudly, blame softly…feelings aren’t facts. Blessed are the meek… The future is … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Books, Culture, Faith, friendship, grace, Gratitude, humanity, inspiration, kindness, Love, nature, readng, religion, words, writing
Tagged #buddhism, #faithforward, #goodreades, #inspirationalquotes, #randomactsofkindness, #thebeatitudes, optimism
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How bout I Throw the Book At You
I’m in Target, my home away from home, looking at their new books many with 30% 0ff. I’m perusing Jill Biden’s new memoir, View From The East Wing, that’s one of them. A middle-aged man in a seersucker suit stops … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, art, Beauty, Books, Culture, Fashion, grace, History, humanity, humor, kids, kindness, Love, money, New York City, parents, Politics, readng, shopping, women, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #firstamendmentfreddomofspeech, #goodreades, #Jillbidenmemoir, #joysofyiddishleorosten, #magnarepublicans, #Targetshoppers
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When Kindness Needs No Translation
I go out every day around 5 a.m. to walk, first buying a banana from the all-night fruit man. He’s there bundled on his battered apple crate, phone in one hand with his dogeared Koran across his lap. … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Culture, Faith, Family, food, friendship, grace, Gratitude, History, Home, humanity, Love, money, New York City, religion, travel, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #lovethyneighbor, #nycfruitvendors, #randomactsofkindness, #sadfarewells
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Memorial Day 2026
I wrote this in 2016. Ten years later to quote Abraham Lincoln, we need to bind up the nation’s wounds. Though she’s limping still with her head held high, I’m confident will prevail, or all the lives lost … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Books, Culture, Faith, grace, Gratitude, History, humanity, inspiration, kindness, Love, men, Politics, readng, Uncategorized, violence, war, words, writing
Tagged #arlingtonnationalcemetery, #honoringveterans, #lincolnsecondinauguraladdress, #memorialday2026, #usarmedforces
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Paying Through The Nose
Starbucks 87th And Third Avenue I rarely come here since it’s long rather then wide, like a subway car, everyone almost touching elbows. But the smell of fresh brewed beans lures me in after holding the door for a … Continue reading
Posted in art, Beauty, creative writing, Culture, Fashion
Tagged #observingyoursurroundings, #plasticsurgery, #starbuckscoffee, #lackofboundaries, #facepiercings
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Chillin’ On The Met’s Steps
The Metropolitan Museum is closed today, yet their steps are well occupied. Bundled in my Barbour with two layers underneath, feel for my neighbors who all look underdressed. The girl next to me is shaking in her light white parka … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art, Beauty, Culture, Family, Fashion, food, humanity, inspiration, money, New York City, religion, travel, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #fifthavenue, #metropolitanmuseumofart, #newyorkcitystreetvendors, #slicklookingmen, loss
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Watching The World Go By
May 4th 7: a.m. I’m at an outdoor cafe called Nino’s, its sign’s second n missing. I like it here because the woman without asking steams my milk. It takes little to make me happy, my Franciscan … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art, Beauty, Culture, Fashion, food, humanity, inspiration, kindness, Love, money, New York City, romance, Women and men, words
Tagged #AudreyHepburn, #dogowners, #outdoorcafes, #randomactsofkindness, coffee
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Life On The Train
Uptown Number 6 4 in the afternoon The train’s packed, me rarely on it at this hour, but it couldn’t be helped. The bus would have taken three days and a taxi would be more than my electric … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Culture, Fashion, History, humanity, kindness, men, New York City, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #chanelno5, #Cocochanel, #compassionforall, #ridingtheNewYorksubway, tattoos
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Historically Speaking
Being with them was like sitting between two lions roaring at the same time…Mary Soames, the youngest of Winston Churchill’s five children on her father’s relationship with Franklin Roosevelt. Churchill said…meeting Roosevelt was like opening a bottle of champagne. … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Beauty, Books, Culture, Family, friendship, grace, History, Home, humanity, humor, inspiration, Love, media, men, money, Politics, readng, sex, war, women, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #churchillianquotes, #Franklindroosevelt, #goodreades, #lucymercerfrankinroosevelt, #winstonchurchhill, #WWII
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Quotable
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always…Robin Williams I don’t want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness…Keanu Reeves Never confuse education with intelligence, you can … Continue reading
Posted in art, Beauty, Books, creative writing, Faith, humanity, inspiration, words, writing
Tagged #famousquotes, #goodreades, #inspirationalquotes
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