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In the long run, we only hit what we aim at. Thoreau

Originally posted on LAWSON's Life's Lessons :
What does Thoreau mean by that quote?  Sometimes we hit a lot of things that we don’t aim at……………..literally his quotation isn’t completely true! So what was he “getting at”? The English…

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Scandinavian Authors/Lars Kepler/Stalker

It all started with The Hypnotist and now the 5th book in the series is here! One of the best marketing tricks in the books is to keep people in suspense and wonder. When the first book came out it … Continue reading

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Gardening in the South (SMEGA) Zone 8

This year (2016) has been a challenge! We had a very early spring and a blistering hot summer that lasted into early October. The fall was warmer than usual and looks like the winter will be too. At the end … Continue reading

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Scandinavian Authors…Update Gunnar Staalesen

Just finished Cold Hearts and Where Roses Never Die. Both are great reads! I continue to look for the earlier books and a new release will be coming out in 2017: No One Is So Safe in Danger! I was … Continue reading

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GREAT SCANDINAVIAN WRITERS!

They just keep on keeping on coming along!!!!!!  Gunnar Staalesen This author is a little older than the others that I’ve been reading and therefore some of his earlier books are hard (or impossible ) to find in English translations…..BUT … Continue reading

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HOW DO WE LEARN PART 3

Depending how long you’ve been on Planet Earth, you may remember The Star Wars Movies! Yes! They started out with IV, V, VI…………..THEN I, II, III………crazy! And there was a big GAP between the sets! TNT network did a great … Continue reading

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Getting What You Want part 2

I AM A QUANTUM THINKER! In Part 1 we discovered Brick 1…………..defining EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT! Brick 2 is BEING GRATEFUL!……………………Why would that matter? Who cares if you are grateful or not? YOU DO! EVERYBODY DOES!!!! You are unexpectedly late … Continue reading

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How do we learn?…Part 2

I had some really good comments/discussions about the vulture and the man in the desert..previous blog/see list…………bottom line……….you either made the choice for the vulture or the man based on the information you thought you had, the religious background you … Continue reading

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New Blog Series/Getting what we want! (1)

O.K., I said that if we got at least 3 of my regular blog followers interested in a new blog interest series (Getting what we want!) I’d add it to the regular blog so that more people can see it … Continue reading

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HOW DO YOU LEARN? Do you really have to physically experience it?

Said the Mother to the  2-year-old child, “Don’t touch that stove! It will burn you!” Of course that is the first thing the child did as soon as the mother turned her head!!!!! And YES, it burned the child’s hand………….. … Continue reading

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