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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Taken for Granted
Every morning long before I started this blog I have sat down in the spot pictured and checked the news, read emails, shopped, amused myself and done work. It is where I have my first cup of coffee each morning and a place … Continue reading
Posted in Material Things
April 27, 2011 Alabama Tornados
Clay County, Alabama is in the most southern Appalachian Mountains and where I grew up. The majority of my family still lives within 100 miles of there. Earlier this week I had great concern due to the historical storms and tornados in North Central Alabama, … Continue reading
First Cup of Coffee
This blog is already having a profoundly positive effect on me after just a couple of days. When I now wake up in the morning one of my first thoughts is about what I am grateful for that I will write about today. … Continue reading
Posted in Simple Pleasures, Wisdom
Favorite Shower of a Lifetime
The photo doesn’t look much like a place a person would take a shower, but in September 2004 I showered with joy right there in the open where the photo shows. At that time I was living on Grand Cayman and it … Continue reading
Posted in Self Awareness, Simple Pleasures, Wisdom
My Left Hand
Hundreds of times each day I reach for something and my hand works to grasp it without a thought. The motion and movement is automatic, but I have not taken that for granted for several years. Around this time in … Continue reading
Posted in Self Awareness
Hello World!
Here it is… the first post to this new blog. It is my intention to add something to this page first thing each morning (well at least the first couple of hours of each day). Each morning I make note of at … Continue reading
Posted in Simple Pleasures
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