Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 5, 2011, 10:45 pm
Saint Nicholas Poem Holy Bishop St. Nicholas lived farawayNear the Aegean Sea is where Turkey did lay.Travel back with us now to a time long ago.We will visit his country, his life we will know. We remember this saint, such a holy, good man.Be like him in charity, do all that you ca...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Nov 22, 2011, 9:51 pm
There, too, I admired, though I did not gather, the cranberries, small waxen gems, pendants of the meadow grass, pearly and red, which the farmer plucks with an ugly rake, leaving the smooth meadow in a snarl, heedlessly measuring them by the bushel and the dollar only, and sells the spoils of the m...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jul 31, 2011, 2:20 am
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jul 6, 2011, 11:42 am
I received this in an email, and the parable is so worth sharing!  But have you ever seen a baby porcupine?!  I would pass it along just for this! Fable of the porcupine It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcu...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jul 5, 2011, 11:42 pm
Dirty hands, iced tea, garden fragrances thick in the air and a blanket of color before me, who could ask for more?Bev Adams, Mountain Gardening Not me.  I love getting dirt under my nails, sipping a tall cold glass of iced tea, walking past lemon balm, mint, or lavender and getting a whiff o...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jun 22, 2011, 9:44 pm
Strawberries are the angels of the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward.Terri Guillemets My strawberry season is coming to an end.  We have made strawberry jam and strawberry ice.  The season is ending too soon, and there is definitely not enough strawberr...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jun 10, 2011, 11:45 pm
If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it's because they take better care of it.Cecil Selig If only.  If only I had more money, if only my husband was more attentive, if only my life went according to plan, then my life would be wonderful.  Really?  I don't think so. ...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - May 25, 2011, 12:12 am
Be kind to your parents Though they don't deserve it.  Remember that grown ups Is a difficult stage of life They're apt to be nervous And over excited Confused by their daily storm and strife.  So keep in mind though it seems hard I know.  Parents were children long ago. Incredible!!  So treat t...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - May 6, 2011, 1:44 am
Always listen to your elder's advice,not because they are always right, but because they have more experience at being wrong.Author Unknown We learn from our experiences.  We also learn from the experience of others.  When we see our young making a wrong move, we try to reach out and give ad...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Apr 30, 2011, 1:35 am
God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to change the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference; Living one day at a time; Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,&...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jan 5, 2011, 11:03 pm
For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice And to make an end is to make a beginning.~T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding" Without thinking, I searched for a quote for today.  I didn't realize that I picked the same quote from my previous p...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 31, 2010, 1:02 am
For last year's words belong to last year's languageAnd next year's words await another voice.And to make an end is to make a beginning.T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding" New Year's Eve was always a big event in my younger years.  My dad would pass out the silver dollars, those that were fond ...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Nov 18, 2010, 11:36 pm
Heap high the board with plenteous cheer and gather to the feast,And toast the sturdy Pilgrim band whose courage never ceased.Alice W. Brotherton Did you ever wonder why we eat Turkey on Thanksgiving.  Was it served on the first Thanksgiving feast? From my reading, there were two wr...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Nov 16, 2010, 11:36 pm
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning. For by doubting, we are led to question; and by questioning, we arrive at the truth.Peter Abelard As a child, I was encouraged to question.  There were no stupid questions, but, at times, the answers were evaded.  Not neces...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Oct 23, 2010, 12:18 am
falling leaveshide the pathso quietly~John Bailey, "Autumn," a haiku year, 2001, as posted on oldgreypoet.com Out of all the seasons, autumn comforts my soul.  Nature is nestling down for the long winter.  A bountiful summer, and now it is time to rest. Pumpkins and hay rack ri...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Sep 12, 2010, 11:29 pm
How much of human life is lost in waiting.Ralph Waldo Emerson As I sit here waiting, I started to contemplate all the time that one wastes in a lifetime waiting.  Waiting to graduate, waiting for the next best job, waiting for Mr. or Miss Right, waiting for the tomato sauce to finish canning....
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Sep 11, 2010, 1:37 am
“Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there”Author Unknown There is something to be said about old friends. The one that, even if you haven’t seen each other in eons, you can pick up the conversation like you were never separated. Talking...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jul 21, 2010, 11:56 pm
Dreams are like the paints of a great artist. Your dreams are your paints, the world is your canvas. Believing, is the brush that converts your dreams into a masterpiece of reality.Author Unknown I just turned 49, and I was feeling a little down.  My life is not the life I envisioned for mys...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - May 31, 2010, 11:52 pm
Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed. ~Lewis Gannit I have been lost in my garden - my favorite place...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - May 7, 2010, 10:27 pm
Has anyone seen my mom? I’ve been looking for her everywhere, and I can’t find her. Can you keep a secret? I heard something that I think I wasn’t suppose to hear. I might be getting a sister. She’s supposed to look like a boxer, so I hope she’s not too mean. I miss Puppy and h...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Mar 17, 2010, 11:19 pm
Irish Blessing May your joys be as bright as the morning, And your sorrows merely be shadows that fade, In the sunlight of love. May you have enough happiness to keep you sweet. Enough trials to keep you strong. Enough sorrows to keep you human. Enough ...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Mar 8, 2010, 11:40 pm
Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. From the television show The Wonder Years I have been trying to remember the stories that were told to me by a man I highly respected and loved.  I learned from his knowledge pass...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Mar 8, 2010, 11:40 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jan 27, 2010, 11:00 pm
Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time. Billy Joel After a motivating Premier Designs Rally, I was telling my husband the events of the weekend.  At lunch one afternoon, the subject turned to Facebook and the games on Facebook.�...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jan 27, 2010, 11:00 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jan 3, 2010, 11:22 pm
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.Hans Hofmann I am on a quest - a quest to simplify my life, to eliminate the needless stress that I tend to invite by my actions.  Consciously, but slowly, step by step, I plan to find ways and me...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jan 3, 2010, 11:22 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jan 2, 2010, 12:44 am
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. Edith Lovejoy Pierce Alas, 2009 is gone, and a New Year is here! A New Year to hope, to plan, to seek, to...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Jan 2, 2010, 12:44 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 30, 2009, 12:04 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 30, 2009, 12:04 am
Yule Log Prayer May the fire of this log warm the cold. May the hungry be fed. May the weary find rest. and May all enjoy Heaven's peace. Author Unknown At the end of each year, we tend to reflect on the previous year, hoping that we have learned the lessons...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 27, 2009, 1:49 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 27, 2009, 1:49 am
Walk a mile in your brother’s shoes before you begin to judge him. Anonymous 2009 is ending, and, needless to say, I am happy to see it go.  Hardships were fought, lessons were learned, and many tears were shed.  Because we have a merciful and loving God, I  d...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 23, 2009, 1:52 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 23, 2009, 1:52 am
Little Baby, pa rum pum pum pum I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum That's fit to give the King, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum, On my drum?...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 22, 2009, 12:00 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 22, 2009, 12:00 am
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.Burton Hillis I'm so excited - my younger sister is going to celebrate Christmas Eve with our family. That is the best Christmas present ever! &#...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 15, 2009, 12:03 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 15, 2009, 12:03 am
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale It was the one of those Decembers when you don't feel like celebrating.  Life was not going according to plan.  I couldn't get myself to decorate. One...
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 11, 2009, 11:56 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Dec 4, 2009, 12:11 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Nov 26, 2009, 6:28 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Nov 21, 2009, 1:49 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Nov 11, 2009, 12:11 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Oct 31, 2009, 8:48 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Oct 18, 2009, 11:55 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Oct 11, 2009, 10:03 pm
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Oct 11, 2009, 12:00 am
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Janet K. posted an article on Aunt Janet's Striving for the Simple Life - Oct 5, 2009, 11:28 pm
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