Dopey Grown Up

Looking at life through diamond-studded eyes!

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Stephenson Ceramic Studio

Susanne Stephenson has traveled and exhibited her ceramic work internationally, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Gard

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Misty morning light.

Fukui, Japan.

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life is too short to be your own enemy

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Meanwhile, in Hayden Valley...

(c) riverwindphotography, July 2026

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“The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good,” Leo wrote.

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Per Wikipedia:

Animula vagula blandula

Hospes comesque corporis

Quae nunc abibis in loca?

Pallidula rigida nudula

Nec ut soles dabis iocos

Translates roughly to:

Poor little, wandering, charming soul

Guest and companion of my body,

What place will you go to now?

Pale, stiff, naked little thing,

Nor will you be making jokes as you always do.

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From Marguerite, Yourcenar’s “Memoirs of Hadrian” 

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From quotepics

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Source: Goodreads

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Credit to Goodreads