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Category Archives: While Traveling
We Are All Travelers
“It is not down in any map; true places never are.” — Herman Melville When we travel, we never really travel alone. Yesterday, my kids and I volunteered at the Tigard Public Library for a break from our winter break. Our … Continue reading
Posted in In the community, While Traveling
Tagged Acai berry, Brazil, give our time, giving time, Herman Melville, Library, library books, New York, Sambazon, tigard library, travel, travel2change, Volunteering
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Being Right
“Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.” — Oscar Wilde Many people worry about being right. Their viewpoint is right. Their side is the right. Their arguments are right. Their team is right. Their … Continue reading
Posted in In the community, While Traveling
Tagged give time, optimism, Optimist Club of Perry, Optimist International, pessimism
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The River Keeps Flowing
“You cannot step into the same river twice.” — Heraclitus, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives Many years ago a river flowed slowly. It wasn’t a river that anyone cared about. It wasn’t a river that carried ships filled with cargo. It wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in While Traveling
Tagged fishing, fishing poles, friendship, gravel dust, gravel roads, memories, rivers
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Break Your Chains. Make A Difference.
“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” — Samuel Johnson As we go through our lives, the chains of our daily habits strengthen. As witness to this, yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, While Traveling
Tagged chains of habit, Charity Miles, Habits, Making A Difference, Samuel Johnson
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The Reading List
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” –Sir Richard Steele I thought some of you might enjoy a list of books that I’ve read to my kids over the years. This is incomplete, but I’ll add … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, While Traveling
Tagged Avi, Children, Jim Trelease, literature, read aloud, reading, reading aloud, Roald Dahl, The Read Aloud Handbook
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Fixing The Awkward Social Situation
“I can feel the twinkle of his eye in his handshake.” — Helen Keller Giving Time is a path toward something better in one’s life – being more satisfied, having more time, being happier, and connecting with people. That connection … Continue reading
Posted in While Traveling
Tagged Connections, des moines river, handshakes, high trestle, interpersonal relationships, parents care, quiet hallways
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Random Thoughts About A Day At An Amusement Park
“Life can be like a roller coaster… And just when you think you’ve had enough, and your ready to get off the ride and take the calm, easy merry-go round… You change your mind, throw you hands in the air … Continue reading
Posted in While Traveling
Tagged Adventureland, amusement park, spending time with your kids
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Influence Beyond A Lifetime
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” — Henry Adams Influence can extend beyond a lifetime. My friend Rob and I share a special friendship, formed many years ago here in a small midwestern town … Continue reading
Posted in While Traveling
Tagged Dawson, dawson school, friendship, influence, Iowa, Perry, schwinn bicycle, violet hill cemetery
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One Of The Nicest Things To Do
“Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson If there’s a master list somewhere of nice things to do in the world, I’m sure this would be … Continue reading
25B, B25, or 221B Baker Street
“You know my methods, Watson.” — Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Literature fans know that 221b Baker Street was the residence of a certain brilliant, but flawed, Victorian era literary sleuth. Sherlock Holmes was a man of few mistakes, … Continue reading
Posted in While Traveling
Tagged arthur conan doyle, courtesy, ego, failure, shame, Sherlock Holmes, sir arthur conan, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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