New year resolutions — karlien09 (Reblog)

A New Year’s resolution is a tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person resolves to continue good practices, change an undesired trait or behavior, to accomplish a personal goal, or otherwise improve their life. ~Wikipedia My new year resolutions are usually habits that I want to […]

New year resolutions — karlien09

Book Haul, December 2020 — The Pine-Scented Chronicles (Reblog)

Wrapping up 2020 with my final book haul post. My attempts at holding the temptation to purchase more books before the year ends was futile at best (what can I expect, haha?). It just finalizes the fact that I have yet again failed on one of my reading resolutions for the year – reading more […]

Book Haul, December 2020 — The Pine-Scented Chronicles

Haiku: Summer Yearning

Photo by Rachel Claire on Pexels.com

Long ago summers
Fresh fragrances of our youth
Swards of innocence

Copyright Francis 2021

Thought for the Day – 2 January – The Necessity of Meditation in Silence — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 2 January – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Necessity of Meditation in Silence “With desolation all the land made desolate because, there is none that considereth in the heart” (Jer 12:11). Very often the world is plunged in the desolation of evil because, there is nobody who will […]

Thought for the Day – 2 January – The Necessity of Meditation in Silence — AnaStpaul

A strata gem for the new year — UpState & Away – – – – Waterlooseneca.com (Reblog)

Good morning! When the autumn leaves had all fallen, I began leafing through old photos. And…here’s a random closeup. Not a thing of beauty, but just kinda interesting.  Can you guess what it is? (I show the answer in just a minute.) This fall, turning over a garden bed (but not a new […]

A strata gem for the new year — UpState & Away – – – – Waterlooseneca.com