I became an American citizen a few years ago &  the Declaration of Independence really affected me – in a HUGE way. Especially the following sentence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, [...]

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How do we women rate at taking time for ourselves &  and do men do a better job of it? So  – what got me in this reflective state? A friend on facebook posted this quote by Henry David Thoreau “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they [...]

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Once again downsizing has left us with a lot of stuff & no space for it. We have lived without it  for the past 8 months while we renovated & haven’t missed  it so do we really need it? NOPE! We have outfit our kids apartments, given stuff away so the next step  is a [...]

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I have been staying at my daughter Laura’s now & then and as she has no TV to watch I started perusing through her book selection & came upon an old friend, “The Tao of Pooh”. She also had, “The Te of Piglet” which I picked up as I had not read Benjamin Hoff’ s [...]

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Now… Remember I am in the Mid-life club & I will not be using all of the technical jargon you see in your instruction books! I am doing this because I like to watch some TV & I am CHEAP! and yes I want to make the most of the little time I have left [...]

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