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Keeping the creativity alive in a work-driven life by posting about great books, creative writing, inspiring quotes, and finding relatable things, thoughts, and photos from others

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When spirits entrepreneur Steven Grasse considered writing a book about early American cocktails, he already knew it was a subject that had been, in his own words, “done to death.”

Ultimately, the book he did write, Colonial Spirits: A Toast to Our Drunken History, tells the story of a time when water was full of deadly bacteria, making alcohol the safest liquid to consume. With witty illustrations, Colonial Spirits thumbs its nose, ever so slightly, at the American obsession with mixology and fussily precise 12-ingredient cocktails. It does so by providing just one simple premise outlined on Page 3: “In relating these recipes to you, and updating them for modern times, it was of the utmost importance to us that you — yes, you — would not die or even be hospitalized should you choose to make or imbibe them.”

A Survival Guide To Colonial Cocktails (So You Don’t Die Drinking Them)

Image: Reverend Michael Alan /Courtesy of Abrams Image

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When you can’t decide which edition to read….

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HP goals

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Library goals

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I can’t decide which one is better, so I will upload both and see which gets more notes

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Living the life 💗

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home.

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Fall is here ❤️

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- Ghani, Shantaram

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The truth is that an instant of real love, in the heart of anyone, has the whole purpose and process and meaning of live within the lotus-folds of its passion

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

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Optimism is the first cousin of love and it's exactly like love in 3 ways - it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

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Psalm 16:8 - I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (NIV)  http://www.bible-sms.com/

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Sunday verse ❤️

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Photo: margolove

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Psalm 33:20 - Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. (KJV)  http://www.bible-sms.com/

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1 Peter 5:5 - … God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. (NKJV)  http://www.bible-sms.com/

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If I never see you again I will always carry you
inside
outsideon my fingertips 
and at brain edgesand in centers
centers
of what I am of
what remains.

Charles Bukowski, Living on Luck (via bookmania)

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. 

Melody Beattie