QUOTATIONS
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“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” —Norman Maclean Read more
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“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart” — Rainer Maria Rilke. Read more
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“Jazz is not just, you know, it’s existence music, it doesn’t take you out of the world, it puts you in the world, it makes you deal with it…..and that’s it!” ~Wynton Marsalis “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life”. ~Art Blakey “Jazz music is the power of our Freedom Movement… It has strengthened… Read more
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“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.”—Jimmy Carter Read more
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Each time I reread an old favorite, I start with the idea of focusing on some different aspect of the story or a writing technique than I have in the past. Last week, during my annual re-reading of Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece, Treasure Island, I wanted to specifically focus on something that I have noticed before but never spent much time exploring: specifically… Read more
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For Easter Sunday, Here is a reminder from Pope Leos XIV that true Christianity is about peace and love of neighbor. It is NOT about profit, war, and retribution. Brothers and sisters,Christ is risen! Happy Easter! For centuries, the Church has joyfully sung of the event that is the origin and foundation of her faith:… Read more
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton Read more
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“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ~ Pablo Neruda Read more
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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus Read more
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“By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live”. ~ W.B. Yeats Read more
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