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- I'm Living La Dolce Vita. - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“Be still in silence and listen to your heart. When it speaks to you, arise and go where it brings you.” --Susan Tamaro, Va' Dove Ti Porta il Cuore I think the sound of my own voice has finally gotten to me. Here it is, four years after I sat down to write my book, (ambitiously entitled ...
Views: 576 - Know the Difference Between a Task and a Privilege. - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child.” --Forest Witcraft I had been feeling something ugly brewing for days – probably ...
Views: 537 - Listen to the Locusts - Summer is winding down. Make it count! - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.” --John Lubbock To normal people, a locust’s cry probably goes unnoticed. It doesn’t consistently chat like ...
Views: 564 - Live Easier This Summer. - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” --Henry James When I think of summertime, I hear a lazy, engaging lyric taunt me with “…and the livin’s easy…” But then reality hits and I realize I needed to be ...
Views: 606 - Follow The Little Leaders - by Submitted on May 11, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“I meant to do my work today – But a brown bird sang in the apple tree. And a butterfly flitted across the field, and all the leaves were calling me.” --Richard le Gallienne Remember that scene in “Big” when Tom Hanks -- the man who woke up one day to find that he was trapped in a boy’s ...
Views: 536 - Soggy Slippers and All - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“An optimist is the human personification of spring.” -Susan J. Bissonette Every day I wake up a little more giddy than the day before. Steaming cup of coffee in hand, I challenge my slippers to take on the dew and head out the door to see, literally, what’s new. I give a nod of acceptance ...
Views: 617 - "April Showers Bring April Showers" - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” -Langston Hughes. Yesterday, I was strangely excited. The sky stayed dark all day and my battered wind chimes worked overtime. “Clang, clang….the weatherman wants to tell ...
Views: 581 - "Before There's Spring, There's What?" - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2006 from Julie Clark Robinson“Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens.” -Frank Herbert. A person expects it to some degree, whether they are aware of it or not. You squeeze through the aisle -- trying not to bonk anyone in the head with your carry-on –mumble words of appreciation to the flight ...
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