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    Straight out from the Magic Shop

    “The greatest and the most real magic there is – the power of compassion to not only heal each of our own wounds of the heart but the hearts of those around us. It is the greatest gift, and the greatest magic..” Into the Magic Shop by James R. Doty, MD It’s been awhile, I can’t even call it a brief hiatus now. It’s been years since I logged on in here. So much has happened since then. No more long drives, hardly dining out now. Days are spent mostly at home, or with your own bubble. Reading through my prior posts it was another life. COVID 19 changed it…

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    Last Pages of Summer…

    “I am pieces of all the places I have been, and the people I have loved. I’ve been stitched together by song, lyrics, book quotes, adventure, late night conversations, moonlight, and the smell of coffee.” Brooke Hampton Have you ever planned and promised yourself you would do something and put it off and put it off and ended up not doing it? Raise your hands 🙂 Guilty here but still giving myself another chance 🙂 So here I am with great plans to write about my last summer trip way back Labor Day weekend and as of this writing, snow is predicted day after tomorrow.  I guess I am running…

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    One More Summer…

    “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees. Just as things grow in fast movies.  I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Ok after a brief hiatus here I am, I’m back in time to do a write up for  a season close to my heart, summer. As a child I loved summer, I counted the days and looked forward to those warm summer days.  Simply because it meant endless days with no schoolwork, countless hours playing, sunny days at the beach and so many fun things a younger carefree…