Favorite Quotes

Favorite Quotes

FAVORITE QUOTES

"Live as if you were going to die tomorrow; learn as if you were going to live forever." -- Mahatma Gandhi
"Life is a banquet - and most poor suckers are starving to death." Rosalyn Russell as Auntie Mame
"A bubbling brook will lose it's song if you remove the rocks." --unknown
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit still." -- Will Rogers
"Wisdom is divided into two parts; having a great deal to say, and not saying it." -- unknown
"Always do right. That will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain
"We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sails." -- German proverb
"Preserve your integrity - it is more precious than diamonds or rubies -- P.T. Barnum
"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can." -- Danny Kaye
"In a world where you can be anything, be yourself." -- unknown
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart" -- Helen Keller
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about dancing in the rain." -- unknown
"The drumbeat in your blood is the voice of your ancestors. Let the drum speak"
-- from Let the Drum Speak, a book by Linda L. Shuler
"To succeed in life you need three things; a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone'." -- Reba McIntire

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Winter Preface

Well, I held out for as long as I dared, but this morning I finally re-lit the furnace.  I was planning on lighting it over the weekend and just plain forgot. But it’s going to be getting down into the high 30s at night this week, and windy, so best to just get it done today. Can’t light it when the wind is blowing because the wind comes down the draft pipe and blows out the match!

Ugh, I hate having to re-light it every year. I think somewhere in the cobwebs of my mind, I feel like as long as I can put that off, it will keep winter away. If only…

 

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