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"When earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colors have faded, and youngest critic has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it --lie down for an aeon or two. Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew..." ~Rudyard Kipling~

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Sweet April! - Many a Thought

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AN APRIL DAY by Henry Longfellow When the warm sun, that brings Seed-time and harvest, has returned again, ’Tis sweet to visit the still...
Sunday, April 05, 2026

The Lord Has Risen Indeed

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Death, Where Is Your Sting? Words by Kay Beall, based on I Corinthians 15 Music by Lloyd Larson Death, where is your sting? Oh grave, ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

A Prayer in Spring

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Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harve...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Chinese Lunar New Year, 17 February 2026

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Chinese Lunar New Year, 17 February 2026 (Year of the Horse*) *If one attributes the Five Elements to a birth year or the Zodiac i...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Valentine’s Day

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The Fountain of Youth J. Wm. Lloyd (1899) THE years roll on, and the head grows grey, But the longing heart doth ever pray, With a...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Tomorrow Is Saint Valentine’s Day

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Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's day All in the morning betime , And I a maid at your window, To be your Valetntine. -Shakepeare beti...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Lunar New Year 2025

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Tomorrow is Chinese Lunar New Year, or Year of the Snake. Enclosed is a Google Doodle of Lunar New Year. Notice on the left side of th...
Thursday, January 02, 2025

A New Year Poem

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With grateful hearts the past we own; The future, all to us unknown, We to Thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before Thy feet. ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

A Christmas Poem

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CHRISTMAS Benjamin Copeland (1896) O HOLY, happy morning, That saw the Saviour's birth! The star, thy brow adorning, Beams mercy on ...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

My Christmas Letter

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‭🍂‬ “ Familiar in his mouth as household words. ” - Shakespeare 24 December 2024 Dear P_ and M_: Many are beholden to various asp...
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<-- Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis avensis). It speaks of change..."The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young shall never see so much, nor live so long (King Lear, A5 S3)"...
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