Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives that we touch
“Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives that we touch.”
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Arthur C. Clarke Quote – Every Revolutionary Idea
“Every revolutionary idea evokes three stages of reaction: 1) It’s completely impossible 2) It’s possible but it’s not worth doing 3) I said it was a good idea all along.” – Arthur C. Clarke
Read moreHenry Ward Beecher Quote – Every Pebble In The Road
“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble in the road.” – Henry Ward Beecher
Read morePoem – Fifty Years Later (By Donal Mahoney)
Fifty years ago Jane got on a plane and flew away without saying good-bye. Her parents took her, I know. She was only 14 but she could have said good-bye to me, the swain who saw her through our last three years of grammar school when she wore braces, the only girl who had them. Fifty years later at our […]
Read morePope Francis Quote – No One Is Ever Alone
“There, in the midst of humankind, is the dwelling of Christ, who asks you to dry every tear in his name, and to remind whoever feels lonely that no one whose hope is placed in him is ever alone.” – Pope Francis
Read moreAntarctica Air Is Getting Warmer
New South Wales and southern Queensland are going to be suffering from warmer weather and less rain than in the past. This temperature change is called “sudden stratospheric warming.” It happens when the air above the South Pole starts to warm up rapidly. Predictions are that the warming of Antarctic will likely be higher than a previous record high in […]
Read moreDean Karnazes Quote – Inner Peace
“Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.” -Dean Karnazes
Read moreCeline Dion – In Some Small Way
In her song, “In Some Small Way”, Celine Dion sings: “And if we give a little of our love away Maybe meet in the middle every night and day If we could hear just a whisper of what the heart needs to say It could sure make a difference in some small In some small way.”
Read morePoem – Martha and Mel Wait for the Elevator (By Donal Mahoney)
I died from a rattlesnake bite and found myself in line with other zombies in front of a bank of elevators, the doors opening and closing as if by metronome. Every time a door opened a voice called the names of 12 zombies who boarded the elevator single file. As the doors closed, Led Zeppelin or Bing Crosby played in the background depending on whether the […]
Read moreRobin Williams Quote – A Little Spark Of Madness
“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” – Robin Williams
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