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Saturday, July 7

By on July 7, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities.”  Johann von Goethe I’m happy to be in July because then I can say that my son comes home next month.  A two year absence is a long time to go without seeing someone whose […]

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Wednesday, June 27

By on June 27, 2012 in Joanie's blog

“Quote of the Day:  “Men spend their lives in anticipation, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time.  But the present time has one advantage over every other- it is our own… We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but […]

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Friday, June 1

By on June 1, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.”   Swedish Proverb Great Basin National Park is just west of the Utah border and east of Ely, Nevada.  “We call it the Great Basin, this […]

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Tuesday, May 15

By on May 15, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “I do not run to add years to my life, I run to add life to my years.”   So, I was walking by the plaque that displays this quote in my home and I realized that it’s not true, I am running to add years to my life.  I understand […]

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Wednesday, May 9

By on May 9, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Have you had a kindness shown?  Pass it on!, ‘Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on!, Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another’s tears, Till in Heaven the deed appears– Pass it on!” I heard the best advice from a friend who quoted a young girl […]

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Sunday, April 1

By on April 2, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.”  William J.H. Boetcker It has been such a disappointing April Fool’s Day, Michael did not play a single joke on us.  I have always been able to count on him for that.  He is a […]

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Wednesday, March 28

By on March 28, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “What our deepest self craves is not mere enjoyment, but some supreme purpose that will enlist all our powers and give unity and direction to our life.”  Henry J. Golding Today I met Sue B., Lori, Jill, and Teri, they had already run 4 miles, and we went north from the […]

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Sunday, March 4

By on March 4, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “No man is free who is not master of himself.”  Epictetus I was thinking about all the support I had last year and how that profoundly confirmed to me the power of the human act, that we are instruments in God’s hands and we need to be there for each other. […]

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Friday, March 2

By on March 2, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “How much larger your life would be if yourself could become smaller in it; if you could really look at other men with common curiosity and pleasure… You would begin to be interested in them, because they were not interested in you.  You would break out of this tiny and tawdry […]

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Thursday, February 23

By on February 23, 2012 in Joanie's blog

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