“The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.”~Anita Roddick British businesswoman, human rights activist, and environmental campaigner Anita Roddick was born on this day in 1942.
“The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.”~Anita Roddick British businesswoman, human rights activist, and environmental campaigner Anita Roddick was born on this day in 1942.
“Try to open up your mind a little, and move away from rigid opinions of what people should do and be—unless you have been there.”~Ann Rule American author Ann Rule was born on this day in 1931.
“What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.”~Patrick Kavanagh Irish poet and novelist Patrick Kavanagh was born on this day in 1904.
After 1458 days, First Reader and I finally received our permanent Certificate of Occupancy from the county. This was a few days shy of the four-year anniversary of losing the house to the Cameron Peak Fire. We still have work to do, but the building department now considers the house complete. Any new construction we … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 166
“One curious thing about growing up is that you don’t only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents’ and grandparents’ lives come to you.”~Philip Pullman English writer Philip Pullman was born on this day in 1946.
“People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.”~A. J. Liebling American journalist A. J. Liebling was born on this day in 1904.
“Creativity isn’t far away, or outside of you. It’s an inner movement, a heart-shift, a joy making its way out of your throat or hands or feet. So go for it. No one’s watching. The payoff is magnificent.”~Margo Jefferson American writer and academic Margo Jefferson was born on this day in 1947.
“Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do.”~Kathleen Winsor American author Kathleen Winsor was born on this day in 1919.
“If this world isn’t good enough for us then an afterlife won’t be enough.”~Fanny Howe American poet, novelist, and short story writer Fanny Howe was born on this day in 1940.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”~Hannah Arendt German-American historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt was born on this day in 1906.
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