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If you’re not supposed to eat after 8 pm, why’s there a light in the fridge?

Santo, Ibid

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“Some folks say, ‘Forgive yourself’. But who the hell can do that? It’s a goddamned conflict of interest.

Forgiveness needs a messenger.

- Beverly, in Heartwood, by Amity Gaige.

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First retirement walk. Pretty perfect number.

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I’ve never thought a delicatessen to be a place to indulge in delicacies.

7” tall corned beef on rye with mustard, yes, but not….

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“Satisfaction comes not from chasing bigger and bigger things, but paying attention to smaller and smaller things”

Arthur C Brooks

From “Strength to Strength”

“There is something inexpressibly lovely about ordinary tasks done for the love of the tasks “

Stuntz in “Mortality”

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Wrest and Rest.

Lest one think the silent W hath no power

Violently doth it turn the meaning full face

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The other day a person I love told me a fact and punctuated it with

“That’s the honest truth”.

I asked if there was some other kind.

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So I order several products from a retail store online and they let me know that my purchase qualifies for “free pickup” at their brick and mortar facility.

I should be happy about this?

Do they pay for my gas to get there ?

Is there some world where I’m charged for pickup?

Really.

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At times we seem so consumed by the present and the petty that we can’t conceive the pearl being priceless but rather, worthless.

Matthew 13:35-36

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Why is a thing ful of awe so much worse than one that has some awe?

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Lest we think our current divided politics are something new. Finally, a view I can embrace.

G K Chesterton

"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives.

The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes.

The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected."

The Blunders of Our Parties",

Illustrated London News, 19 April 1924

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Ok is this a warning that police are taking notice ?

Or

A request to law enforcement to please do so?

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Census data: US is diversifying, white population shrinking

No racial or ethnic group dominates for those under age 18, and white people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall

American Christians rejoice.

Our nation’s makeup is looking much more like… what The Kingdom of God will be

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

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Miles from nowhere

Guess I’ll take my time

Oh yeah

Til I reach there

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50 years later. Back in the town.

Bicycle shop, Stoneham MA where I bought my first bike as a high school kid w $ earned from yd work at a neighbor’s house

Weird.

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Sorry for missing my bill payment but the

radiator-saurus ate my outgoing mail