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Oh how good to be happy with our choices.

Even mistakes are so good at giving us new experiences.

When did you get to be so wise!

We love these little ditties!

Just take the cake and eat brussels sprouts instead.

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Stranded in paradise they chose the all-inclusive tour.

Highway feeder roads, encampments under flyover Bridges’s, factory loading bays – all were featured.

Lounging by the azure pool filled with creme de menthe, we thought about this and found laughing and crying both suited the moment.

High above, a vulture soared, coasted and cruised.

We’ll save the best for later.

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I started to race against a clock I couldn’t see.

Someone, somewhere, somehow, achieved three things before breakfast.

I desperately hoped I would lose count.

Then, frankly, I relaxed and out came the book, the symphony and words of comfort to a stressed friend.

All it took was a phone call and a quick drive to voice reassurance in-person, based on genuine principals, to save a life.

Worthwhile stuff.

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Nothing to say, so can you spare an hour or so…over a drink or…

Time and again, and again, then some more.

We tell stories on Fridays and remember them on Mondays years later.

The rain and the beat on tin roofs.

Trying out new paint brushes.

Easing into the paragraph.

Chopping rare onions.

All in the name of saying something, in a good way.

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Don’t be silly

There’s a melted piece of chocolate under your chin.

The hills are a moving feast of wheat, goats and sheep.

We found ways of mixing materials to create a surreal, or perhaps it was real, life cocktail.

One day burrows into another subtly and invisibly, like silk falling off a shelf.

They never stop to worry about the government.

We feel silky and we feel tough at the same time.

Surely…everyone does!

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