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An Outdoor Shower
A few days ago, I enjoyed the awesome privilege of taking a shower outdoors. No, I didn’t go outside in my birthday suit and wash off in our outdoor shower. Brrr! Instead, I bundled up against the cold in my seldom…
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The Honey Guide
It was during this week two years ago I took a summer stroll through the world-famous Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. As I wandered through the many sections and pathways, thousands of varieties of colorful flowers, trees, vines, ferns, waterlilies,…
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Take Five
One of the most famous jazz tunes of all time is Take Five, composed by Paul Desmond and made famous by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Its percussive rhythm and distinctive saxophone melody may be familiar to you. It continues to be…
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Butterfly Wisdom
It was mid-afternoon a couple of months ago when I received an excited call from my good friend who lives down the hill. “The monarch butterfly has broken out of its chrysalis! Can I come up and release it in your…
