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Mother Nature Orchestrated A Most Unusual Spring Fever For The World

Spring Fever

Spring Fever Has Arrived With A Vengeance! We’ve all heard of and probably experienced what’s known as “spring fever,” that restlessness that kicks in when the weather goes from cold and gloomy to fresh, bright, green and alive again! Well, this year, the whole world is getting a different kind of spring fever along with

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Agape Is In The Air

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Love is all around. It’s February. Can you feel the shift that has occurred as people begin to think about romantic love? Commercials and ads for long-stemmed red roses, chocolates, wines, lingerie and romantic restaurants flood the airwaves. This is the time lovers are planning how they are going to demonstrate to their loved one

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On The Winter Solstice

winter solstice

Anyone who knows me or knows anything about me knows how much I love stories. And, I love finding out new things that I can weave into stories. Another thing I love is the beginning of winter, which is marked by the winter solstice. And, I just learned about a few historical events that happened

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So Late So Soon

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How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? ~Dr. Seuss Ah, yes! Here we are once again at the final month of the year. The caboose, so to speak.

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Following Mother Nature’s Cues For Contemplating Life’s Mysteries

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Have you ever noticed how autumn leaves rustle a changing tune in even the slightest fall breeze? Then, slowly, the leaves lose their color and their grip on the trees, thus filling the air with cascades of colorful shapes as they thickly carpet the earth. And the daytime temperatures have a hard time stretching up

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Planning To Retreat

Have you ever taken part in a spiritual or religious retreat? As fall continues its steady progress toward the chill of winter, the word “retreat” comes to mind. Not as an act of “withdrawing from what is difficult, dangerous or disagreeable,” but in the sense of a spiritual retreat. Retreats are an integral part of

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