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"What a marvelous leader"

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The Man Who Saw Bigfoot

If you close your eyes and picture Sasquatch, there’s a good chance you’ll conjure up a very specific image: a big, hairy humanoid, mid-stride, arms swinging, head turned to glance back over its right shoulder. In that iconic picture, the thing Bigfoot was turning back to look at was Bob …

Find Insight and Inspiration in a Labyrinth

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The 100-Year Life

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Christmas Poem

Some cookies and then some New Year's CHANGE!

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Home for Christmas

" as the tears start to form, I say, “Where is home?”

Treasured Fall Changes

"Wind gusts give flight—natural leaf blower,"

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Persimmons: winter lanterns lighting up dark days

One persimmon contains half your daily vitamin A and a fourth of your daily vitamin C needs. Persimmons are a great source of fiber and are high in all kinds of trace minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients.