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When Only the Harvest Matters

March 21, 2014

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson …

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150 years

November 18, 2013

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and …

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Loving Fleeting Sparrows

September 23, 2013

Some things are hurrying into existence and others are hurrying out of it; and of that which is coming into …

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Practice

September 9, 2013

Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong. [Originating source unknown] LOVE this! …

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A Bias for Failing?

August 19, 2013

Ready, fire, aim. Measure twice, cut once. Uh oh.  Wildly conflicting approaches. What to do? Measure twice cut once urges …

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Peace Out

August 5, 2013

If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to …

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In the End

July 29, 2013

Be who you are and say what you feel, because in the end those who matter don’t mind and those …

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Ink It

July 22, 2013

The faintest ink lasts longer than the best memory. – Chinese Proverb No real deep thinking required here … Write. …

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Unless We Swallow

July 8, 2013

Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it. – Joe Clark Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it? What …

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I’m Ashamed?

June 17, 2013

He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning. – Danish proverb I am, I must admit, afraid to …

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