26/12/2022
May God bless you, your family and loved ones, and your larger community. Happy Boxing Day!
May God bless you, your family and loved ones, and your larger community. Happy Boxing Day!
Promoting the works of Penny Mason and other selected authors while informing and entertaining follo
May God bless you, your family and loved ones, and your larger community. Happy Boxing Day!
May God bless you, your family and loved ones, and your larger community. Happy Boxing Day!
"For Christmas is tradition time — traditions that recall the precious memories down the years, the sameness of them all." — Helen Lowrie Marshall
“For Christmas is tradition time — traditions that recall the precious memories down the years, the sameness of them all.” — Helen Lowrie Marshall
"Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” — John J. Geddes
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” — John J. Geddes
Trimming trees in stocking feet Eating all we want to eat Getting presents for our friends This is how the whole year ends -Richard Jackson
Trimming trees in stocking feet Eating all we want to eat Getting presents for our friends This is how the whole year ends -Richard Jackson
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy
Let's make holidays special again. Who remembers when everyone except nurses and gas station attendants helped cook?
Let’s make holidays special again. Who remembers when everyone except nurses and gas station attendants helped cook?
“This is the month of nuts and nutty thoughts — that November whose name sounds so bleak and cheerless — perhaps its harvest of thought is worth more than all the other crops of the year.”— Henry David Thoreau
“This is the month of nuts and nutty thoughts — that November whose name sounds so bleak and cheerless — perhaps its harvest of thought is worth more than all the other crops of the year.”— Henry D…
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. - Joe Ancis
The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well. – Joe Ancis
Now the Autumn days are gone Frost is sparkling on the lawn Windows winking cheerful lights Warm the cold November nights -Richard Jackson
Now the Autumn days are gone Frost is sparkling on the lawn Windows winking cheerful lights Warm the cold November nights -Richard Jackson
“Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable…the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street…by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of migrating geese.” - Hal Borland
“Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable…the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street…by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of migrating geese.” – Hal Borland
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Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday`. It's just a different wolf. - Alfred Hitchcock
Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday`. It’s just a different wolf. &…
"Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year." - Chad Sugg
“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” – Chad Sugg
"Well, everything is about money. Money and me, me, me." Sister's voice rose slightly. "I hate it. I just hate it. I don't care if it's some buffoon on the media bringing attention to themselves or the possibility that someone we thought we knew, we liked, I really liked him, made money off the backs of young women, or just kept one."...
“Well, everything is about money. Money and me, me, me.” Sister’s voice rose slightly. “I hate it. I just hate it. I don’t care if it’s some buffoon on the media…
Leaves are glowing in the air Leaves are blowing everywhere We go down the road to see Apples dancing on a tree -Richard Jackson
Leaves are glowing in the air Leaves are blowing everywhere We go down the road to see Apples dancing on a tree -Richard Jackson
“The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.” Jane Hirshfield, The Heat of Autumn
“The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.” Jane Hirshfield, The Heat of Autumn
We can look the other way when a memory intrudes, or deny that it ever existed, but it doesn't go away. Memories shape us as surely - and invisibly - as DNA. - From A Week at the Shore - by Barbara Delinsky
We can look the other way when a memory intrudes, or deny that it ever existed, but it doesn’t go away. Memories shape us as surely – and invisibly – as DNA. – From A Week a…
Autumn is a time for ghosts.When the days turn,when the world comes to rest,there’s space and timefor those who’vestayed behind.In the changing of the leavesand the chilling in the air,the smoky breezeand the golden sky,they join us,just there.As close as a breath,and far as they’ve always been,as fall to winter and winter to spring,they wait […] A Time for Ghosts (A Poem) — A Virginia Writer's Diary…...
Autumn is a time for ghosts.When the days turn,when the world comes to rest,there’s space and timefor those who’vestayed behind.In the changing of the leavesand the chilling in the air,the smoky br…
"When summer opens, I see how fast it matures and fears it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn." – Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“When summer opens, I see how fast it matures and fears it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.& #8221…
Thirsty flowers in the rain Bloom along the misty lane Where the friendly yellow bus Comes each day to call for us -Richard Jackson
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Thirsty flowers in the rain Bloom along the misty lane Where the friendly yellow bus Comes each day to call for us -Richard Jackson
"August was nearly over - the month of apples and falling stars, the last care-free month for the school children." - Victor Nekrasov.
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“August was nearly over – the month of apples and falling stars, the last care-free month for the school children.” – Victor Nekrasov.
"August of another summer, and once again, I am drinking the sun, and the lilies again are spread across the water." – Mary Oliver.
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“August of another summer, and once again, I am drinking the sun, and the lilies again are spread across the water.” – Mary Oliver.
"August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer." -Henry Rollins.
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/08/15/weekly-wisdom-the-penny-mason-post-212/
“August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I’ve been listening to in the late spring and summer.” -Henry Rollins.
"The quiet August noon has come;A slumberous silence fills the sky;The winds are still, the trees are dumb,In glassy sleep the waters lie."―William Cullen Bryant
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/08/08/weekly-wisdom-the-penny-mason-post-211/
“The quiet August noon has come;A slumberous silence fills the sky;The winds are still, the trees are dumb,In glassy sleep the waters lie.”―William Cullen Bryant
August days are here once more Sunny mornings at the shore And ferris wheels like fireflies Twinkling in the evening skies -Richard Jackson
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/08/01/seasonal-sentiment-august-the-penny-mason-post/
August days are here once more Sunny mornings at the shore And ferris wheels like fireflies Twinkling in the evening skies -Richard Jackson
“I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights...” - Ann Voskamp.
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/07/25/weekly-wisdom-the-penny-mason-post-210/
“I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer h…
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”― Henry James
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/07/18/weekly-wisdom-the-penny-mason-post-204/
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”― Henry James
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. - Winston Churchill
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/07/11/weekly-wisdom-the-penny-mason-post-208/
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. – Winston Churchill
From the meadow to the sea It is hot as hot can be Many folks and even goats Dream of rides in breezy boats -Richard Jackson
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/07/04/seasonal-sentiment-july-the-penny-mason-post/
From the meadow to the sea It is hot as hot can be Many folks and even goats Dream of rides in breezy boats -Richard Jackson
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
https://thepennymasonpost.wordpress.com/2022/06/27/weekly-wisdom-the-penny-mason-post-206/
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
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