Category Archives: Living Simply

Gossip

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

Gossip, unlike river water, flows both ways. ~ Michael Korda

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Stepping Over The Line

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

If I step over the line from witty to mean, from sarcastic to cruel, or even obscene. Tell me. If my thoughts wander wide from knowledge to pride, from wisdom to obsession or even repression. Tell me. We know where … Continue reading →

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Writing

Posted on August 20, 2017 by

Writing is self-indulgent, she said. I smiled, but thought, “So is eating but we have to do it.” Maybe she doesn’t but writing to me is as necessary as eating. ©2017 Sharron R. McMillan

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Who Is Crazy

Posted on August 19, 2017 by

  Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which it … Continue reading →

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Blackberry Time

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

Time to pick blackberries. Pop a few berries in your mouth – warmed by the sun, fresh off the vine while dreaming of blackberry  juice, homemade platz, pie with ice cream – then pick, pick, pick.  

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After The Rain

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Garden is grinning from apples to tomatoes, smokey skies have changed to blue. One night of rain has polished the forest and pasted smiles on the gardeners too. ©2017 Sharron R. McMillan

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Character

Posted on August 16, 2017 by

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ~ Abraham Lincoln

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Shade

Posted on August 15, 2017 by

In the shade of the old orange tree. . .

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Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

Posted on August 15, 2017 by

You no sooner get your head above water than someone pulls your flippers off.            ~Unknown

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Justice

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream. ~Amos

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Kindness

Posted on August 13, 2017 by

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~ Malayan Proverb

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